The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

成为一个好经理的关键是让那些讨厌我的人远离那些还没有决定的人。

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

当今成功领导的关键是影响力，而不是权威。

The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.

领导者永远无法缩小自己和团队之间的差距。如果他这样做了，他就不再是他必须成为的样子。他必须在必须赢得的同意和必须施加的控制之间走钢丝。

The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leaders and followers... Leaders, followers and goals make up the three equally necessary supports for leadership.

领导者是一个能动员他人朝着领导者和追随者共同的目标前进的人。领导者、追随者和目标构成了对领导力同样必要的三种支持。

The leader shows that style is no substitute for substance, that creating an impression is more potent than acting from one's center.

领导者展示了风格不能代替实质，创造一个印象比从一个人的中心行动更有效。

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

以荣誉行使权力的领导人将从内而外工作，从他自己开始。

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.

如果一个人听命于领导，那么他就像一艘被拖到废铁堆的残骸。

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

管理者接受现状;领导者挑战它。

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

经理问如何和何时;领导问什么和为什么。

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

伟人的标志是知道什么时候把重要的事情放在一边，去完成重要的事情。

The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.

跟随他的人在他们那一代人中是独一无二的。他们把世界搞得天翻地覆，因为他们的心已经完全颠倒过来了。世界从来就不一样。

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born -- that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

最危险的领导神话是，领导者是天生的——领导有遗传因素。这个神话声称，人们只是简单地拥有某种魅力特质，或者没有。这是胡说;事实上，事实正好相反。领导者不是天生的，而是后天培养的。

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

沟通中最重要的事情是倾听别人没有说什么。

The price of greatness is responsibility.

伟大的代价是责任。

The real architect of a life is the hard and almost impossible circumstances one faces.

生活真正的建筑师是一个人所面临的困难和几乎不可能的情况。