"Example is leadership."
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"We do not see the world as it is. We see the word as we are."
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"I think there is a big and significant difference between being a leader and being a manager-leaders lead from the heart. You have to be analytical and flexible. Flexibility is one of the key ingredients to being successful. If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding."
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"You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles... Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide."
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"We have to show leadership in protecting our environment so that we have a future for our children and grandchildren."
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"We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly followed."
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"We cannot all be masters."
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"I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks."
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"Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership."
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"The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way."
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"Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time."
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"Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had."
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"If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor."
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"All of this suggests that while citizens became more comfortable with President Bush after September 11 and thought him to have the requisite leadership skills, they continue to harbor doubts about his priorities, loyalties, interests, and policies."
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"The condition of leadership adds new degrees of solitariness to the basic solitude of mankind. Every order that we issue increases the extent to which we are alone, and every show of deference which is extended to us separates us from our fellows."
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"Life is found in the dance between your deepest desire and your greatest fear."
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"Letting your customers set your standards is a dangerous game, because the race to the bottom is pretty easy to win. Setting your own standards--and living up to them--is a better way to profit. Not to mention a better way to make your day worth all the effort you put into it." -"
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"Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead."
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"A salesman, like the storage battery in your car, is constantly discharging energy. Unless he is recharged at frequent intervals he soon runs dry. This is one of the greatest responsibilities of sales leadership."
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"Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam."
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