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[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone will rise. Someone will emerge'. It was an attitude Baker shared with some of the older women in the movement. ↗

— Gail Collins

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Styles are tailor made to different situations. Different leaders must have their own styles and these styles must be able to adapt to different people and situations. ↗

— Dr John Ng

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Faith moves mountains, love transforms hearts. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills ↗

— Fela Durotoye

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Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived. ↗

— Mollie Marti

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If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader. ↗

— Dolly Parton

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Leaders live by choice, not by accident. ↗

— Mark Gorman

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Great men know how to control two things; their women and money. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

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A true leader is not meant to be greeted with unanimous praise by his people. A leader is meant to be questioned, to be suspect, to be hated. If he is not, then one can easily assume that either he has not challenged his abilities as a leader by making a decision that creates a split between the people, or he is forcing his subjects to bow before him. ↗

— Evan Meekins

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It was another of the essential ingredients that she felt her son needed: people with a goal. Such people would be easy to imbue with fervor and fanaticism. They could be wielded like a sword to win back Paul’s place for him. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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