The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. -John Buchan- Leadership offers an opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, no matter what the project. -Bill Owens
- Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done. -Vance Packard
- The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. -Warren Bennis
- The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. -Theodore Hesburgh
- 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
- Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn more than when they teach. -Rosabeth Moss Kantor
- Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. -Lewis H. Lapham
- Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. -Bill Bradley
- Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership. -Thomas Menino
- The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president. -David Herbert Donald
- It is the leader that people will look to provide the vision, the energy, and the sense of confidence. -Unknown
- The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it. -Cyril Falls
- Actions, not words, are the ultimate results of leadership. -Bill Owens
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