The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Leadership is the capacity to transform vision into reality.

Those who let things happen usually lose to those who make things happen.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

The most effective way to lead is to lead from within.

The key responsibility of leadership is to think about the future. No one else can do it for you.

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.

Ninety per cent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

Real leadership is leaders recognizing that they serve the people that they lead.