“Leadership is influence, the ability of one person to influence others. One man can lead others only to the extent that he can influence them to follow his lead.”(31)- He does this “not by the power of his own personality alone but by that personally irradiated, interpenetrated, and empowered by the Holy Spirit …There is no such thing as a self made spiritual leader. He is able to influence others spiritually only because the Spirit is able to work in and through him to a greater degree than in those he leads.”(33)
- The person most likely to be successful is one who leads by not merely pointing the way but by having trodden it himself. We are leaders to the extent we inspire others to follow us.”(33)
- D. E Hoste stated: “When a man… demands obedience of another, irrespective of the latter’s reason and conscience, this is… tyranny. When… by tact and sympathy; by prayer, spiritual power and sound wisdom one is able to influence and enlighten another, so that through the medium of his own reason and conscience is led to alter one course and pursue another, that is true spiritual leadership.” (83)
- “All are leaders to the extent that they influence others. All of us can… increase our leadership potential. The first step to achieve that end is to discover and correct weaknesses in that area and to cultivate our strengths.” (160)
- “leadership is the ability to recognize the special abilities and limitations of others, combined with the capacity to fit each one into the job where he will do his best. He who is successful in getting things done through others is exercizing the highest type of leadership.” (202)
- True leadership is an internal quality of the spirit and requires no external show of force. (44)
- “Many who take courses in leadership in the hope of attaining it fail because they have never learned to follow.” (72)
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