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

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

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

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.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.