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James MacGregor Burns Quotes: Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and social morality.
         

Leadership, in short, is power governed by principle, directed toward raising people to their highest levels of personal motive and social morality.


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In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.

In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons.



Such leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality.

Such leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality.



The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.

The ultimate test of practical leadership is the realization of intended, real change that meets people's enduring needs.



The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.

The practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.



Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.

Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.



Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.



Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.

Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others.



A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.

A revolution is an act of violence whereby one class shatters the authority of another.



Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling relationship - a great story!

Those who remember only that the Roosevelts served hot dogs to the royals will be fascinated by this well-researched account of an historic and ennobling relationship - a great story!





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Hell is both sides of the tomb, and a devil may be respectable and wear good clothes.

Hell is both sides of the tomb, and a devil may be respectable and wear good clothes.



It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.

It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.



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To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.



My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!

My guitar is really tempermental. I don't give up on it though, I'm close to my guitar!



Ask yourself what you would do even if you were never paid. That’s a clue to what you should be doing and of course finding a way to be paid for it.

Ask yourself what you would do even if you were never paid. That’s a clue to what you should be doing and of course finding a way to be paid for it.



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Anything you can imagine probably is doable, you just have to imagine it and work on it.



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