The role of a leader is to ...

The role of a leader is to serve his people.  We absolutely must first serve the people who we want to lead.  They must be able to rely on the leader as much as we hope to rely on them.
The role of a leader is to serve his people. We absolutely must first serve the people who we want to lead. They must be able to rely on the leader as much as we hope to rely on them.
 John Fairclough

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
I'm a fighter through and through. I don't fear any person and to go inside that ring with a feared mentality, why even go inside the ring?
 Daniel Jacobs
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Bravery is fearlessness-the absence of fear. The merest dolt may be brave because he lacks the mentality to appreciate his danger.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Quotes from the same author

One of the most wonderful things you can do in this world is forgive others. We are designed to have flaws and make mistakes. If we emulate God, we are led to forgive. Giving someone the ability to recapture their dignity can transform lives. Do it often.
 John Fairclough
When your team questions your competence, your ability to influence is shot.
 John Fairclough
When your team questions your motives and methods, you have lost their trust and you will not be able to influence them.
 John Fairclough
I'm the CEO. My job is to get out of the way. I work with smart people and trust they can accomplish their goals. So I make sure to focus on removing roadblocks for them and then resume getting out of their way.
 John Fairclough
The clearer you are about why you want to accomplish a goal, the easier it will be to figure how to accomplish it.
 John Fairclough