Charles de Gaulle Quotes About Leadership
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Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.
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Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
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Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
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Charles de Gaulle
- Born: November 22, 1890
- Died: November 9, 1970
- Occupation: Former President of the French Republic
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