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I go around the city looking for fires. Then I push 'em together and pour gasoline on 'em.

Dennis Blevinstest

Vision has no force, power, or impact unless it spreads from the visionary to the visionless.

George Barnatest

Quickly, I must hurry, for there go my people and I am their leader

O. Wildetest

Rather the burden of his approach was to raise questions

of Woolman's leadership style Greenleaf, Roberttest

Put a frog in a boiling kettle of water and he will jump out, but if you put a frog in warm water and slowly bring it to a boil, the frog will cook to death. Today's Christian is much like this, living in a society spiraling slowly to decay yet unwilling to take the risks to change it.

George Barnatest

We cannot wait passively upon the statistical play of events to decide for us which road the world is to take tomorrow. We must positively and ardently take a hand in the game ourselves.

Teilhard de Chardintest

There are whose who make things happen. There are those who watch things happen. And there are those who wonder what happened.

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Life is like a dog-sled team. If you aren't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

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There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, of forbid your children to do it.

Monta Cranetest

If you want to have an impact, you must be committed to a collision

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A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

Rosallynn Cartertest

To reveal one's heart and to lead from this in love is the highest form of leadership.

Carl Townsendtest

Jesus called them together and said '"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lorded over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant. And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to give his life as a ransom for many."

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One of the quickest wasy you can tell the difference between a servant leader and a self-serving leader is how they handle feedback, because one of the biggest fears that self-serving leaders have is to lose their position

and Phil Hodges Blanchard, Kentest

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

Groucho Marxtest

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

Theodore Hesburghtest

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

James Crooktest

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.

Lao-Tzutest

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

Franklin D. Roosevelttest

The first step to leadership is servanthood.

John Maxwelltest

Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers - not their minds.

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The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.

Walter J. Lippmanntest

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

Marian Andersontest

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Max DePreetest

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Baldwintest

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has!" --

Margaret Meadtest

A man's basic sin is his choice to offer strength only in those situations where he knows things will go well - the scariest thing for women is to offer our beauty into situations where we don't known if it will make a difference.- We are afraid.

John & Stassi Eldredgetest