It is said that great leaders are born, not made. The saying is true to this degree, that no man can persuade people to do what he wants them to do, unless he genuinely likes people, and believes that what he wants them to do is to their own advantage.
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Ch. 4 : His MethodBruce Fairchild Barton
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Many variants on this exist, notably Great lovers are made, not born. and (Great) leaders are made, not born.
Tertullian
Leaders must fulfill three functions provide for the well-being of the led, provide a social organization in which people feel relatively secure, and provide them with one set of beliefs. People like Pasteur and Salk are leaders in the first sense. People like Gandhi and Confucius, on one hand, and Alexander, Caesar and Hitler on the other, are leaders in the second and perhaps the third sense. Jesus and Buddha belong in the third category alone. Perhaps the greatest leader of all times was Mohammed, who combined all three functions. To a lesser degree, Moses did the same.
Holy Prophet Muhammad
In essence, leaders are people who "walk ahead," people genuinely committed to deep changes, in themselves and in their organizations.
Peter Senge
The Rev. Moon has a very good sense of humor. It's hard for me to think of a person as being mean or brainwashing people with the sense of humor he has. He truly loves people. I mean, he likes being with them. He likes being kidded-he likes being teased. I never saw a mean act on his part. He never asked for special treatment. He mopped floors and cleaned tables, and he helped other people when he was finished with his job.
Sun Myung Moon
Because of the space between stimulus and response, people have the power of choice; therefore, leaders are neither born nor made meaning environmentally ?trained and nurtured. They are self-made through chosen responses, and if they choose based on principles and develop increasingly greater discipline, their freedom to choose increases.
Stephen Covey
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