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"Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions."
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"Rarely have elected leaders been so intent on defying the public will."
"Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people."
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
"Lead from the front - but don t leave your base behind."
"In every age there comes a time when a leader must come forward to meet the needs of the hour. Therefore, there is no potential leader who does not have the opportunity to make a positive difference in society."
"Leaders should know how fast time runs and how faster they can beat it. Poor leaders run slowly till time overtakes them."
"If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854."
"If you understand hallucination and illusion, you don't blindly follow any leader. You must know if the person is sane or insane, over the abyss."
"When the qualities that now confer leadership have become universal, there will no longer be leaders and followers, and democracy will have been realized at last."
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"Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization."
"I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality."
"The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication."
"The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them."
"Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it."
"A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason."
"In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality."
"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later."
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