"Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones."
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
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"The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground."
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"The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives."
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"Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders."
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"One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope."
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"Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn't there, but you'll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself."
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"To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate ... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!"
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"Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly."
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"By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person."
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"The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way."
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"In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer."
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"When you go back to your environment and you deal with employees... do you inspire people or do you make them feel fear? Do you make them feel confident or incompetent? I think that distinction really marks the leader."
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"We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them."
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"I think the most important thing of all for any team is a winning attitude. The coaches must have it. The players must have it. The student body must have it. If you have dedicated players who believe in themselves, you don't need a lot of talent."
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"If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself."
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"Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance."
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"The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule."
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"The led must not be compelled; they must be able to choose their own leader."
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"If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine."
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