The most dangerous leadership myth is 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.

It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state.

Leadership is intangible and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

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

A leader is one who out of madness or goodness volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And therefore you learn how to do it.

The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

Go as far as you can see when you get there you'll be able to see farther.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.

These past years as we have been recovering and given our city a rebirth we have been encouraged by our faith knowledge and steadfast belief that we will pull through. There will be challenges and setbacks as there have already been but we will continue and we the citizens of New Orleans will prevail in bringing our city back.

There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many the political authority that is based on the knowledge of the few.