1. Where there is no vision, the people perish, Proverbs 29:18
2. If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
3. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality, Warren Bennis
4. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way, John Maxwell
5. I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers, Ralph Nader
6. A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be, Rosalynn Carter
7. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it, General Dwight Eisenhower
8. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader, John Quincy Adams
9. True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well, Bill Owens
10. When I talk to Managers I get the feeling they are important. When I talk to Leaders I get the feeling that I am important, Alexander Den Heijer
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