I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.

Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Startwith what they know. Build with what they have. But with the bestleaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people willsay 'We have done this ourselves.

The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.

A leader is best when people barely know that he [or she] exists,Of a good leader who talks little,When the work is done,The aim is fulfilledThey will say, “We did this ourselves.

The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don’t need him.

Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'