Idea 21: Humility in action
A leader is bestWhen people barely know that he exists,Not so good when people obey and acclaim him,Worst when they despise him.‘Fail to honour people,They fail to honour you’;But of a good leader, who talks little,When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,They will all say, ‘We did this ourselves.’
Lao Tzu, sixth century BCE
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