There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism.

Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.

As a leader, one must sometimes take actions that are unpopular, or whose results will not be known for years to come.