Leading-Following

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead. (Hazlitt)

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. (Aristotle)

For the most part our leaders are merely following out in front; they do but marshal us the way that we are going. (Bergen Evans)

The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible. (Elvert Hubbard)

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which any one can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. (Henry Miller)

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way. (Henry Miller)

Front and back follow each other. (Lao Tzu, Tao-te Ching)