Born Leader Quotes

That was my first lesson from Ben-Gurion. Then I saw him making peace, and I saw him making war. He mobilized me before the war. The man was a very rare combination between a real intellectual and a born leader. There is a contradiction between the two.

He [Hitler] is a very great man. "Fuhrer" is the proper name for him, for he is a born leader, yes, and statesman.

Leadership is a trait; it's not a skill.

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.

I've been a mogul and executive since the beginning of my career. People are just born with that skill.

You can't wake up one morning and say, 'Right, now I'm going to be a leader.' I think it is something that's in you, that you're born with, and which develops. Some people have that character, that personality and it comes naturally. You can't force it. It has to be authentic and natural. Innate.

Leadership cannot be taught. Either you're a leader by the time you're 12 years old, or you never will be.

I believe that anybody with Mandela's capacity to endure hardship and then forgive is a born leader and example to us all.

None is borne Master.