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Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack. (Babangida Ibrahim)
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Popularity is not leadership. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone. (Babangida Ibrahim)
He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf; eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. Such a man makes every acre of land in his community worth more, and makes richer every man who lives near him. (Babangida Ibrahim)
That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. (Babangida Ibrahim)
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Leadership is action, not position. (Babangida Ibrahim)
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The real leader has no need to lead -- he is content to point the way. (Babangida Ibrahim)
A crown, golden in show is but a wreath of thorns. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Impatience is the cause of most of our irregularities and extravagances Command by obeying. (Babangida Ibrahim)
The wealth of kings is in the affections of their subjects. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it. (Babangida Ibrahim)
Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader. (Babangida Ibrahim)
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