1. He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. — Aristotle

没有学会服从的人，无法成为一个好指挥官。——亚里士多德

2. A leader is a dealer¹ in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte

领袖就是一个贩卖希望的商人。——拿破仑

3. If one is lucky, a solitary² fantasy can totally transform one million realities. — Maya Angelou, writer

如果幸运的话，单个的幻想可以完全改变100万个现实。——作家玛娅-安杰洛

4. A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. — Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher and poet

太上，不知有之。功成，事遂，百姓謂我自然。——中国哲学家、诗人老子

5. Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. — Warren Bennis, scholar and author

领导力就是将想象转变成现实的能力。——学者、作家沃伦-本尼斯

6. Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. — Jack³ Welch, American business executive

成为领袖之前，成功就是让自己成长。成为领袖之后，成功是让别人成长。——美国商业领袖杰克-韦尔奇

7. A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. — John Maxwell, author

领袖，知其道，行其道，授其道者也。——作家约翰-麦克斯维尔

8. There are four ingredients in true leadership: brains, soul, heart and good nerves. — Klaus Schwab, Founder⁴ and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum⁵

真正的领导力有四个构成要素：智慧、灵魂、真心以及良好的心理状态。——世界经济论坛创始人及执行主席克劳斯-施瓦布

9. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. — Margaret Mead⁶, cultural anthropologist⁷

毫无疑问，一小群有思想、关心社会的民众可以改变世界。——文化人类学家玛格丽特?米德

10. The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground. — Sir Winston Churchill

对于一个时刻在意周遭声音的领袖，这个国家的民众很难有敬重之情。——温斯顿-丘吉尔爵士

11. I start with the premise⁸ that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers⁹. — Ralph Nader, American political activist¹⁰

我的前提是，领导力的作用是培养出更多的领袖，而不是制造出更多的跟班。——美国政治活动家拉尔夫-纳德

12. The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. — Kenneth Blanchard, author and management expert

现如今，成功的领导力关键在于影响力，而不是权威。——作家兼管理专家肯尼斯-布兰查德

13. A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. — Polybius, Greek historian of the Hellenistic period

一名好的将军不仅知道如何取胜，也知道何时认输。——希腊历史学家波利比乌斯

14. A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be. — Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the United States

普通的领袖把人们带往他们想去的地方。伟大的领袖把人们带往他们不一定想去、但应该去的地方。——美国前第一夫人罗莎琳-卡特

15. The best executive has sense to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling¹¹ with them while they do it. — Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President

最好的领导能够选出合适的人完成他安排的任务，然后在他们完成任务期间克制自己不去干涉。——美国第26位总统西奥多-罗斯福