Literary passage on leadership
"There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go of in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way."
"As a leader, one must sometimes takes action that are unpopular, or whose results will not be known for years to come. There are victorious whose glory lies only in the fact that they are known to those who win them."
"To lead one's people, one should truely know them."
"Experience is the foundation of leadershipand that obligation to the people take precedence over loyalty to an individual."
"A leader must also tend his garden; he too,sows seeds, and then watches, cultivatesand hrvests the result. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibiltyfor what he cultivates ; he must mind his work, try to repel the enemies, preserve what can be prserved and eliminate what cannot succeed."
"There is nothing so dangerous as a leader making a demand that he knows he cannot be achieved. it creates false hopes among the people."
"A leader must temper justice with mercy."
"There are times when a leader can show sorrow in the public, and tha it will not diminish him in the eyes of the people."
"I have walked taht long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; i have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb... But i can rest only for a moment for with freedom comes responsibilities, and i dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended."
--Nelson Mandela
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