The document is a collection of quotes about leadership principles, with a focus on humaneness. It provides insights from various historical figures on how to lead ethically and effectively. Some of the key ideas expressed are that leadership works best through affection and motivation rather than force; a leader must understand their people in order to guide them; and virtue, vision, practicality, and the ability to teach and motivate are hallmarks of strong leadership.

1. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness The man whose authority is recent Is always stern. -- Aeschylus

2. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle! -- Plato

3. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness You do not lead by hitting people over the head —that’s assault, not leadership -- Dweight D. Eisenhower

4. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy -- H. Norman Schwarzkopf

5. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness He makes a great mistake, who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when it is founded by force than that which is welded by affection -- Terence

6. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them -- AlexandreAugusteLedru Rollin

7. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay

8. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness Nobody rises to low expectations -- Calvin Lloyd

9. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk The language of the visionary and the idealist! -- Eric Hoffer

10. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them -- John Maxwell

11. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants! -- Isaac Newton

12. THE GREATES LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES EVER Humaneness Knowledge alone is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines a leader; if you can’t teach and you can’t motivate, you can’t lead. -- John Wooden