Quote

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

A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

People look for their leadership to lead.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

The leader is the person who brings a little magic to the moment.

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

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term.