It isn't polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership. Woodrow Wilson Leaders unwilling to seek mutually workable arrangements with systems external to their own are not serving the long-term interests of their constituents. Dwight D. Eisenhower Truly gifted leaders know not only what constituents need but also what they fear, what they long to be, what they like best about themselves. There are great untapped reservoirs of human energy and capacity awaiting leaders who can tap them, and societies that deserve them.
Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
A champion is someone who gets up even when they can't. At bottom, becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It's precisely that simple, and it's also that difficult. You lead people. It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.