Leadership and Politics Quotes, this Week

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A Leader is best when people barely knows he exists. When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves (Lao Tzu)

The first responsibility of a Leader is to define reality. The last is to say Thank You. In between, the Leader is a Servant (Max DePree)

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations (Peter Drucker)

You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case (Ken Kesey)

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership (John Kenneth Galbraith)

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when You celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership (Nelson Mandela)

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