Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.

The difference between those who do and those who don't is that those who don't believe it when they are told they can't.

Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

There are leaders, and there are those who lead. Leaders are those who hold a position of power or authority. But those who lead are those who inspire us. And it's those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.

A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

We think leadership is about rank and power, but better to think of leadership as the responsibility for other human beings. That leadership and rank may not go together. So it manifests in this remarkable way.