The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. 686
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully. 2.61K
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. 598
There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. 621
