"No leader can be too far ahead..." - Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt
No leader can be too far ahead of his followers.
More by Eleanor Roosevelt
“The morality of a [political] party must grow out of the conscience and the participation of the voters.”
“...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating and destructive effect upon society than the others.”
“Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.”
More on Leadership
“The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.”
“In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.”
“Vision is a picture of a desired future; a picture of something that I don't possess right now, but it is something I want to see and experience, and something I want the people I am leading to experience.”
More on Influence
“Are you a SNIOP? Someone who is Sensitive to the Negative Influence Of Others?”
“The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains.”
“If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover.”