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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

I don't know what leadership is. You can't touch it. You can't feel it. It's not tangible. But I do know this: you recognize it when you see it.

One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.

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

Leaders thrive when they feel creatively empowered, when they trust the people around them, when their confidence is swelling. Leaders make mistakes when they lose that same confidence, when they're fretting about their power base, when they're reacting instead of acting.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

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

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.