You do not become a leader because people follow you. Rather, people tend to follow you because you have leadership qualities. The journey of leadership often starts alone.

When a desire is deep, it reaches the subconscious mind and calls for cultivation of qualities that will help fulfill desires, and this is what transforms an ordinary person into a great leader.

Intellectuals are rarely successful as leaders. They are so trapped in their ideals that they cannot venture out in the real world to win and lead.

Leaders are usually a reflection of the people they lead. How can a leader be moral if his people are immoral?

Hatred is the emotional price leaders must pay for getting love and honour.

A leader cannot avoid being hated. This hatred is directly proportional to his influence and power. A person who does not wish to be hated should avoid leadership roles.

A great leader is almost always a great follower for he knows what to learn and from whom.

Hatred is the price that society extracts from its leaders for the honour, power and wealth it bestows unto them.

Most people hate successful people for their small little faults rather than appreciating them for their great strengths.

Does your love reach this far, God? And if it extends to heaven and beyond… why can’t it seem to find me?

Experience is the best teacher.

Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.

There is nothing wrong with a big bet, if a big bet is a good bet.

Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.

There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good to one another.

So let me be thy choir, and make a moan Upon the midnight hours.

Hell has a climate, but no situation. It lies in the spirit, and not in space.

If you're seeking progress, all presidents are the opposition. You're just fighting different kinds of battles -

Are the things around you helping you toward success, or are they holding you back?