A real leader faces the music, even when he doesnt like the tune. – Anon.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says “I was beaten,” he does not say “My men were beaten.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and it imposes on both leader and follower alike the burdens of self-restraint. – Lewis H. Lapham