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

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

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

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

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

I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual I'm too abstract I think too much.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.