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No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Andrew Carnegie

Leadership Man Great Doing Will

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Work Leadership Best People

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

John C. Maxwell

Leadership Way Who Knows

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leadership Genuine Consensus Searcher

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

Wisdom Men Time I Am

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Leadership Innovation Follower

You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.

Anthony J. D'Angelo

You Position Order Hold

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

Margaret Atwood

Man Woman Think Born

In times of uncertainty, employees crave clarity. As a leader, you won't always have all of the answers - no one expects you to - so you must be open to listening and learning from others. Once you understand a particular challenge and outline the options, you have to be confident in making bold and optimistic decisions.

Marillyn Hewson

Learning You Challenge Understand

Nothing makes the minority leader more mad than when his side is forced to play by its own rules.

Nothing Mad Rules Own

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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Work Leadership Best People Done

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Good People Great People Say

Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

God Satan Devils Opposite

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

War Fear People Nothing

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

Alone You Integrity Never

It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.

Attitude Day People Will

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

John C. Maxwell

Life Teacher Change Marriage

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.

John C. Maxwell

You Never Forget Forget Encouragement

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

John C. Maxwell

Work Vision Team Teamwork

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

John C. Maxwell

Best People Great Way

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

John C. Maxwell

Change Me Person Try

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.

John C. Maxwell

Good Vision Alive Come

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

John C. Maxwell

Good People Feel Confident

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

John C. Maxwell

Leadership People Vision Buy Before

Whenever a high-profile leader dies, people immediately attempt to summarize that person's life in a sentence. Often, critics and commentators get caught up looking at the leader's style, or which political or philosophical camp they represented.

John C. Maxwell

Life Style People Looking

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

John C. Maxwell

Work Myself Easy Always

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