There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.
He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.
Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.
The true minister is in his pulpit not because he has chosen that profession as an easy means of livelihood, but because he could not help it, because he has obeyed an imperious summons that will not be denied.
The preacher's sharpest and strongest preaching should be to himself. His most difficult, delicate, laborious, and thorough work must be with himself.
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
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.
He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
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