On leadership

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. H Ibsen

The most dangerous leadership mythis that leaders are born, that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. W.G. Bennis

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations. P.F. Drucker

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things. J Jackson

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that once unleashed can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality. A. Robbins 

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. J.K. Galbraith