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He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.

Aristotle

A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Steve Jobs

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

Arnold H. Glasgow

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Colin Powell

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

Jawaharlal Nehru

We may not get a leader who is as cooperative as Koizumi.

Thomas Berger

This country was the moral leader of the world until George Bush became president.

Howard Dean

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

Andre Malraux

This is 'B's team. He is definitely the leader.

Collins Harris

He has little prior experience running an organization. However, he is a leader.

Don Odermann

The kids have a high respect for him. He's got those intangibles to be a leader off the field, too.

Tony Ierulli

The crowd gives the leader new strength.

Evenius

He was a great business leader, but I think he'll be remembered most as someone who truly embodied the best aspects of the HP Way personally.

Roy Verley

They have put their faith in me as leader and I have let them down.

John Brogden

You and I are mothers. You are our leader. You know a mother's love. Please help and intervene.

Julian Mcmahon

We are 100 percent committed to being the leader in assortment, in helping customers complete their projects. The changes that take place will be transparent to the customers.

Peter Harris

She has been a really great leader on and off the field.

Laura Odorczyk

It's generally easier going about your business as a provincial politician if the national leader is of different stripe.

Sean Conway

He seems to have the tools that will get him to the big leagues: the hands, the arm, the bat. But what you notice most about him is his character. If we're ever looking for a leader, Rob can be that man.

Pat Rice

There are hardliners in the PQ, the true believers, the ones who had (former PQ leader Bernard) Landry's head and who tried to get the head of (incoming) governor-general Michaelle Jean. They are intolerant.

Pierre Pettigrew

This year she's had to do it all. She's had to be the leading scorer. She's had to be the leader. She's had to be the one whose out there all the time.

Muffet Mcgraw

He's a great team player and a leader as a point guard. He's a good player. That's all something any coach would want.

Joe Sitkowski

This business is always changing. If you're going to be a leader, you've got to take chances.

Ronnie Milsap

In a democracy, a leader is elected to lead according to a certain ideology. He cannot go in the opposition direction and ignore the decisions of the voters time after time.

Binyamin Netanyahu

She's our leader. When she plays well, we all play well. When she is off, we're all off.

Donny Burnett

He's done a great job for us. We're fortunate to have someone who's a leader in Congress and has direct access to the president.

Dennis Kennedy

He was the leader of the defensive unit. His plan was to have a great game. He played flawlessly. Everything he did was the right decision.

Hans Kleinschmidt

Congressman Tom DeLay has been an exceptional leader on Capitol Hill and Vice President Cheney looks forward to helping his re-election effort.

Jennifer Mayfield

This is one time where I don't want to be a leader. I will follow the advice of professionals on this. I don't want to do anything to trigger an audit.

Clark Williams

Sometimes a political leader needs to be so stubborn that he would not move a little.

Yuriko Koike

People will want to follow Lauren because she's the type who will always get in there and do it first. She is a true leader.

Ashley Pelzek

We're an industry leader; we'll be number one by the end of next year. It's almost guaranteed.

Ryan Jumonville

Was an amazingly effective, highly popular labor leader. But as a citizen, he was not good, a criminal. His closest friends were genuinely big league mobsters. But he was enormously charismatic, hard-driving, very bright.

Arthur Sloane

She's had to pick up her communication and become a more vocal leader.

Leo Weil

Guy Lacombe can in no way be seen as a choice by default. He is a leader of men and a tactician, who has more years of experience than Fournier.

Pierre Blayau

From warriors ravens grew red And with their leader a host attacked.

Taliesin

Anyone can influence others' lives, anyone can be a leader. Hopefully, they are the emerging life of leadership.

Olivia Myers

This is an industry where follow-the-leader is the rule rather than the exception.

Paul Eisenstein

I think there's much work left to be done to catch up to the industry leader.

Bill Whitman

Josh has really come on as a leader. He's so competitive. He's a great athlete, but a lot of what he gets comes out of his competitiveness.

Andy Hedrick

If this plan is approved, it will make Illinois the national leader (in early learning) hands-down.

Don Owens

I've felt more comfortable, and I've felt like I could be a leader. I'm a lot more confident, and that I think comes with playing experience.

Jeremy Young

He's a good leader. He's a real good field general, getting the guys lined up.

Joe Thornton

James kept everybody pumped up during timeouts and heading into the overtime. He didn't get mad and just sit on the bench. He's a leader even when he's not in the game.

Scott Parrish

They have to concentrate on urban issues and that's an area [NDP Leader Jack] Layton knows a lot about.

Goldy Hyder

We're so proud of him. He's been a great leader and a great example for the other kids to follow. It's great for the program.

John Gagliano

He's a historical spiritual leader and national apostle. St. Patrick's Day is a really spiritual day in Ireland.

Monsignor Eugene O'connor

He always found something positive and always reached out of the box. He's not a follower and is clearly a leader.

Lisa Hart

It is sad to see the leader of the Muslim community attacking the gay community.

Peter Tatchell

Even though she's a freshman, she's a big leader on the team.

Laurie Pirtle

He is their elder and spiritual leader.

Sean Quirk

In the last two weeks, he has been one of the bright spots. He has become an on-field leader we did not have.

Tim O'sullivan

I played a supporting role at Bay Springs, but now I am more of a leader here.

Jasmine Payne

This isn't a memorial to him as a person. It's a memorial to what he achieved as our leader. It's a way of communicating to this country what he stood for.

Lawrence Halprin

He is a very strong competitor. He is a quiet leader who leads by example.

Bob Holloway

We are really a leader for the company and high-speed Internet started here for the most part.

Alan Pollock

Discovery is becoming a big leader in the multi-platform world.

Don Baer

Spencer's definitely our leader, on and off the court, by example. He doesn't yell. I don't think we need any of that.

Dustin Maguire

It was a huge play for me because I really owe a lot to the team by accepting me coming straight from junior college and just looking at me as a leader.

Aundrae Allison

He's done a very good job as a leader. One of the hardest things to do on offense is be consistent, and he's really done a good job. His passing efficiency (194.0) has been outstanding. He's done a good job of being a disciplined player.

Jim Bollman

Lay was the great hero of Houston. He was the kind of civic leader who led the business community to all kinds of major investment in the city that might not otherwise have happened.

Stephen Klineberg

He is extremely intelligent and when you combine that with fairness, you get a great leader.

David Waller

He's going to be a great leader. I'm confident he'll do a fine job.

Joe Hughes

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

Walter Lippmann

Nikki is a natural-born leader. She is a tenacious defender who expects a great deal from herself.

Lesle Gallimore

We had 23 of them, ... each a craftsman and a leader, running independent but coordinated crews. The studio was not happy.

David Lester

Rachel has been a big leader for us this year. She leads by example and has really become someone that you can count on when you need someone to lead.

Larry Russell

This just was a really terrible, terrible loss. He was a very dedicated and really valuable leader for Qwest.

Michael Dunne

What's striking is that we are clearly a world leader in how much we spend on health care. We should be expecting to be the best. Clearly, we should be doing better.

Cathy Schoen

We followed his lead. He was a solid leader and a good guy. He gets two checks in the good guy column.

Alan Bomstein

What is it that Andres Manuel sees in Juarez? He sees a political leader with a task that is almost impossible.

Lorenzo Meyer

A leader of immense stature who always spoke his mind.

Albert Shanker

This really puts California on a path to being a leader in dealing with the most important issue of our time.

Karen Douglas

We have embraced [Frerotte] as a leader. This is an up and down game, but your leaders have to be steady.

Heath Evans

In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where she wants and gets up and goes.

John Erskine

A leader has to 'appear' consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

James Callaghan

I just tried to step up and be a leader and come through for my teammates.

Al Thornton

He's our leader. He's our heart and soul. Knowing your All-SEC back is hurt, it's hard to make up for that.

Omarr Conner

He was a leader, he wasn't a follower. The boys are really having a hard time. Every last one of the kids is having a hard time because they really looked up to Jeffrey.

Sandra Smith

He is very important for us. He has won the competition twice and is a leader inside the group.

Mario Zagallo

Ever since I've known her she's been that way. It's probably the way she was raised by her parents. It's helped her to be a really good leader.

Sue Adams

This is intimidation ... the people of Taiwan have the right to choose their own leader.

James Soong

We have a lot of games to go. When we are struggling we need someone to be a leader and do something positive.

Mark Jackley

This is a leader in legislation and will be at the forefront of the way the code has progressed.

David Howman

She was a quite a lady. And a leader. Everyone spoke so highly of her.

Donna Jones

She's been a great leader for us. She's been leading the cheers on the bench, taking stats. She's handling it a lot better than I could in that situation.

Wayne Shelton

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

Eric Hoffer

The goal all along is to match church with church, government leader with government leader.

Steve Wingfield

I wouldn't make him a toilet cleaner in Parliament House, let alone Leader of the Opposition.

Mark Latham

Jessica is fast and aggressive. She understands the game and she has a good sense of positioning. She's a silent leader and she gets it done by example.

Jodie Davis

George was a leader in the lesbian and gay community in fighting discrimination and demanding equal respect.

Douglas Elliott

He's definitely going to be a leader. He will probably be very successful. He's working hard early.

Terry Haymond

We showed that we're not a one-man team. Our kids stepped up and hit some big shots without their leader. That was big for us.

Brett Goff

It's got to hurt, doesn't it. It's got to dent his chance of being leader.

Frederick William Robertson

Brown has developed into a strong leader. She has great talent in the 100 breast and leads by example.

Silas Almgren

Anthony is a tremendous leader because his work ethic is contagious.

Mike Drass

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.

James H. Boren

That's one of her better games. She was a leader out there. She played tonight like she's capable, and she took charge out there.

Ty Crawmer

She is very mature for her age and a great part of this program. She is a senior and a leader.

Josh Blaisdell

He's doing everything we've asked. He's playing well at both ends and being the leader we need.

Tom Massolio

He was a leader. Everybody liked him. He has a great personality. He's never met a stranger.

Jim Simmons

It's more about who has the proper credentials to be a leader.

Mary Joan Leith

California has been a leader in this area, ... It shows what can happen when you choose to invest resources in tobacco reduction.

David Fleming

A good leader inspires other men and women with confidence. A great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves.

Reed Markham, Phd

It won't help if I have to drop my main leader. That will make it tougher.

Paul Gebhardt

He's got great strength, he's a great player, great leader - he's a man. And he's just a freshman, so that's exciting.

Rob Willson

She was more than a leader to this party; she was a leader in the community.

Jan Bauer

Things really haven't changed. He is still a great speaker and he has done a great job so far. He is a leader and a great head coach to have.

Justin Ostrowski

He hasn't said one word about getting the ball, not getting the ball, anything. It doesn't make any difference to him. And he's becoming a leader on the floor.

Lou Panzanaro

He improved a lot. He was better mentally. He had moves he hadn't had before. He was a leader. I was pleased.

Jim Mooney

But as the (former) leader of my team, how would I even be able to deal with something like that? I haven't been able to go there.

Cammi Granato

To have a church leader so young and enthusiastic is important. It's so important. The success of the church rests with the young people.

Virginia Cunningham

I try and stay up with the group. I tried to stay loose and not tighten up. I tried to stay behind the leader.

Rodney Oyler

She was our leader on the field. She kept everybody organized and going in the right direction. It's going to be impossible to replace her.

Shelley Miller

With Claudio coming in and being a leader for our defense, it has been great. His presence and his knowledge of the game has really been good for us.

Brad Guzan

Jefferson is our senior post, and she really stepped up as a leader and a captain for us.

C'na Peak

He's our leader in the defense.

Randy May

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.

George Goethals

We are moving strategically and decisively to remain a leader in an industry that is undergoing fundamental changes.

Aseem Mital

It just came into my soul that the time and place was changing and that I wasn't the right leader for the Globe anymore.

Mark Rylance

It's not easy to fill the gap, ... I think, largely because of his effectiveness as a leader, he became a target.

Roy Blunt

It's a critical part of our effort to support the war fighter and we want to be an industry leader.

George Ellis

This is the leader in what's called stationary applications for fuel cells, ... This is a company that frankly has the solution for California's energy crisis, but so far they just can't build enough of them yet.

Jack Robinson

Zack and Brent played well. Brent's hustle is just amazing, I don't know what we'd do without him. And Zack's the leader of the team. He's the go-to guy.

Dustin Risseeuw

He's a leader and a true professional that does a lot for me and the team on and off the floor. It's a credit to my team that I'm even going, so it's fitting that they are there as well.

Bob Hamley

We have a leader - Benjamin Netanyahu.

Danny Naveh

A good leader takes advantage of that.

Craig Venter

Maggie had an infectious personality that rubbed off on everyone. She was a great person, a great coach and a great leader.

Melissa Mcferrin

We both started about the same time, ... He was very good, a good leader, very professional, a dedicated professional. . . . He certainly will be missed.

Mark Bowen

She's a natural born leader for us. I thought that bucket helped us to get (the momentum) back our way.

Gary Murphy

Frank Brown is the leader of our defense.

Larry Peacock

Leader Bauer heads the Indiana House Democratic Caucus, and has a lengthy commitment and experience to Hoosier public service and citizens across the state.

Anna Karen Pennington

Katie called a real good game; she was the leader, she was the captain. The home run, that set the tone, and it was apparent that she was ready for the game. She had her focus all game.

Jeremy Bauer

He's got great composure. He's always cool and calm. He's been a great leader for this offense. That's a big part of the success he's had so far.

Grant Preston

According to our information the Greek team leader was informed but not the athletes. To our mind this doesn't constitute a refusal.

Istvan Gyulai

Matt's become a leader for us. He's also good at adding some comic relief . . . keeping it light.

Paul Richardson

It's a unique Iowa success story because the lab at the University of Iowa has been the leader in the field since its inception.

John Garber

We are going to be very aggressive, making sure that we are the market leader.

Donald Austin

We need a leader to step up.

Jeff Holland

Hunter is cool and calm. He's been our leader.

Brian Courtmanche

K.B. — she just took over. She put her heart and soul into it. She never came out of the game, and she never asked for a breather. She stepped up and was a leader.

Marc Higdon

She not only fits in very well, but is a leader on this team.

Matt Centrowitz

I knew this was my last home game so I knew I would have to be a leader tonight.

Anthony Ross

The fact that he is a leader in the Senate and is going to have to be the spokesman for these things, it does make it a little harder and he may have to back off.

John Fortier

I've gotten better about talking more and being a leader.

Jenny Potter

He's a leader. He's not a selfish kid. The key thing is he just wants to win. And he had to step tonight, and he did.

Alonzo Sledge

He's the leader of this team - plain and simple.

Jeff Houston

He's a leader, a top-notch human being and somebody you can't ask more of. He's exceptional in every way.

Jeffrey Lurie

I am not really a vocal leader, but I try to lead by example. I really had to step it up this year, but it's hard.

Jontae Sherrod

He's definitely a leader.

Greg Marshall

I'm still high on him. He's the right leader to bring the city back?especially when you consider that the corrupt old guard could try to exploit this disaster and come back into power.

Mark Lewis

She was really hurting. I didn't think we'd have her for a couple of weeks. She really gutted it out. That's why she's our captain and our leader.

John Bores

Last year ? at the beginning of the year, he was a little hesitant. But last year, he became a lot more vocal. And definitely this year, he became the leader of the huddle.

Jake Long

Lately he has been dominating games. It's easy to follow when our leader is playing great.

Miikka Kiprusoff

To get a guy like Jamie back, he's our cornerstone, our leader.

Henry Burris

Taiwan needs a courageous but not reckless leader.

James Soong

Amelia is playing beautifully. She is mentally stronger this year and she is a very good leader.

Joyce Hedlund

She would never make you do anything she wouldn't do herself. That's the key to being a good manager and a good leader.

Holly Johnson

Certainly, I think Isaiah Swann can definitely be a guy you look at to be a leader. He's got a chance to be a McDonald's All-American, so that helps.

Kevin Keatts

Cory, he's the man. We needed a senior leader right there to step up, and he came through for us.

Zac Taylor

You can see the difference. His mental game as a quarterback is at a different level now - that's easy to see. He's our leader. He's doing the things to make himself better. As an individual, he's the dude we know we can count on.

Jason Snelling

Jim Gerlach ran in his first race to say he would be an independent voice. He has not been the independent voice and leader we need in Congress.

Lois Murphy

I was more of a supporter (at Bay Springs), but this time I came back to State as a leader. It feels good to have a 2A championship and a 1A championship.

Jasmine Payne

Storage has been a very strong market and this company is definitely a leader.

Paul Meeks

They have been a real leader in getting more efficiency out of the existing systems. They have really led the country in that respect, in a lot of technology.

Tim Lomax

This was a leader but it's out to pasture. It can stay cheap for a very long time.

Bob Bacarella

My mom was really my first scout leader. If it weren't for women, we wouldn't have the leadership that we need.

Gary Mcgoffin

A lot of these people will have come from a background where they follow a particular ideology or particular leader, and I think that their foremost loyalty will have always been to their own particular group. It will be very difficult for all Iraqis to get the idea that this army is their army.

Rime Allaf

He's been a great leader. I can't ask for much more than a guy that wrestles through pain. I never heard David complain. He's never stopped a match.

Chad Vollmecke

I am the leader of this team, ... So, it starts with me, and I understand that.

Tim Duncan

He's a great kid, and a natural leader. He can help correct the form of our other throwers, and especially the younger throwers. It's having that extra set of eyes that really helps.

Nate Parry

He's a guy that wants the ball and he's a leader on the floor.

Corey Thacker

Some banks use CDs as a loss leader to get their hooks in you.

Matt Mccormick

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

Max De Pree

Yuri is a dynamite leader. I'm hoping she can stay hot through the tournament.

Traci Green

She's been hitting really well and is a big leader for us.

Holly Rago

He is a proven leader, and we think he is an excellent choice to assume this important new role at Fred's.

Michael Hayes

Until Majority Leader Tom DeLay has his day in court, it is vitally important he be afforded the same presumption of innocence afforded to every other American.

Tom Reynolds

I didn't want to let my coach down. I knew I had to step up and be a leader ... it was a fastball on the outside corner and I just went with it. It was a big win for him.

David Gaines

On behalf of the family, we respectfully hope that [Abu Sayyaf leader] Khadaffy Janjalani would honor their agreement with us.

Gracia Burnham

He (Cashion) has really developed into a real leader at quarterback. He keeps us in positive situations.

Kevin Hime

A leader needs enough understanding to fashion an intelligent strategy.

John Kotter

At first she was nervous, but after you get confidence, you can do anything. She actually was a leader. You can say I'm boastful, but if it wasn't for her, we wouldn't have a Star in this town right now.

Harold Christensen

She's a true leader. When you needed something done, you didn't have to follow behind her.

Pam Lancaster

The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.

Warren G. Bennis

Whenever you're in the same breath as the market leader and a brand as venerable as the NFL, that's a good thing.

Andrew Giangola

It is interesting that you don't have a congressperson that's a leader.

Medea Benjamin

It's always good to follow a good leader, ... There are 10,000 issues I don't have to deal with because he did.

Robert Weisbuch

Scottsdale has been the leader in bringing people to the desert for 50 years.

Michael Mccall

(Schneider) is a leader for us both on and off the field. She's very important to the success of our program.

Mikki Denney Wright

Giving e-speak away attracts attention to Hewlett Packard, ... People see us as a thought leader in this generation of the Internet.

Lewis Platt

I feel that he has been an exceptional leader for Pickens County. The district has done well under his leadership. I hate to see him leave us.

Henry Hunt

It's always nice to see Trent out there. He's our leader. He's the guy who makes this thing work.

Brian Waters

I feel really comfortable, ... The benefits of preseason really helped me out. Montae (Reagor) was out (hurt). I had to step up and be a leader.

Larry Tripplett

If there's no team leader, that can hurt. Every team needs a good floor leader.

Daphne Honma

California clearly has been a U.S. leader.

Ron Pernick

Military leaders aren't made. They are born, ... To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.

Jimmy Johnson

They're not the loss leader they used to be.

Jeff Divito

The kids respond to him. He's definitely our leader.

Galvin Morris