Of front-line importance among the most contagious and enduring traits of the leaders of nations and of all callings is that of spotless character.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone.
Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.
A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.
Character matters; leadership descends from character.
Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.
The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.
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