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If you have fear of those that command you, spare those that obey you. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The manager administers; the leader innovates. The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective. The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon. The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Leadership is the wise use of power. Power is the capacity to translate intention into reality and sustain it. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Managers are people who do things right; leaders are people who do the right thing. (Babangida Ibrahim)
A leader is a dealer in hope. (Babangida Ibrahim)
When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Men are lead by trifles. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack. (Babangida Ibrahim)
An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. (Babangida Ibrahim)
There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. (Babangida Ibrahim)
If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct? (Babangida Ibrahim)
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them. (Babangida Ibrahim)
No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world. (Babangida Ibrahim)
I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? (Babangida Ibrahim)
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