Without the vision of a goal, a man cannot manage his own life, much less the lives of others.

If you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.

The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that if you can't swallow your pride, you can't lead.