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Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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Great men have great discipline.” ― Habeeb Akande ↗

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Servitude of any sort is distasteful to all men, but especially objectionable is subjection to others in the case of those who ought to rule. ↗

— Ulrich von Hutten

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This war has made racists of too many of the and too many of us, and it is the leadership in Khartoum that has stoked this fire, that has brought to the surface, and in some cases created from whole cloth, new hatreds that have bred unprecedented acts of brutality. ↗

— Dave Eggers

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A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

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A leader is a dealer in hope. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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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. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

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Servant leadership is the foundation and the secret of Sam Walton's ability to achieve team synergy. ↗

— Michael Bergdahl

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