You're gonna have to serve somebody.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Many were chosen to follow but few were chosen to lead.

— Samule Kermis

No one really wants to follow you per se. They really don’t. They want to know that, by following you, they are really following…

— Mel Lawrenz

The ability to make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered.

— David A. Heenan

“Leadership obeys the principle of Hooke's law to the very bone. It explains: When an elastic material is stretched, it returns to its original…

— Richmond Akhigbe

Learning the secrets and skill of great No.2s remains the surest path to becoming No. 1.

— David A. Heenan

“The answer is always "No" until you ask. - Ref James 4:2”

— Charles S. Stamper

Leadership requires followership and following is an act of trust, faith in the course of the leader, and that faith can be generated only…

— Lawrence M. Miller

From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top.

— Gary Hamel

My name should not be made prominent. It is my ideas that I want to see realized. The disciples of all the prophets have…

— Swami Vivekananda

The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.

— Leonard Bernstein

Co-leadership should permeate every organization at every level.

— David A. Heenan

True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from fear.

— James D. Robinson III

If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.

— Margaret Thatcher

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero