There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.

I am your leader: follow me.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

Eh! je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre!

I must be a great leader because many people follow me. Most of the people are police officers, if that gives you any indication of my character.

If you want to lead them you must place yourself behind them.

Someone will declare, “I am the leader!” and expect everyone to get in line and follow him or her to the gates of heaven or hell. My experience is that it doesn’t happen that way. Unless you’re a guard on a chain gang, others follow you based on the quality of your actions rather than the magnitude of your declarations.

When people follow a leader because they have to, they will do only what they have to. People don’t give their best to leaders they like least. They give reluctant compliance, not commitment. They may give their hands but certainly not their heads or hearts.

People, like sheep, tend to follow a leader - occasionally in the right direction.

Either you will be a leader, or a follower, and my goal is for you to be a leader.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

The Leader sets out for the people what they need and not simply what they want. Otherwise, the Leader is just a follower.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Christ’s supreme sacrifice can find full fruition in our lives only as we accept the invitation to follow him. This call is not irrelevant, unrealistic, or impossible. To follow an individual means to watch him or listen to him closely; to accept his authority, to take him as a leader, and to obey him; to support and advocate his ideas; and to take him as a model. Each of us can accept this challenge.