In the edge of the sword de Gaulle wrote that a leader "must be able to create a spirit of confidence in those under him. He must be able to assert his authority." Authority, de Gaulle argued, derives from prestige, and prestige 'is largely a matter of feeling, suggestion and impression, and it depends primarily on the possession of an elementary gift, a natural attitude' lately gone by the fashionable term charisma. To this ineffable quality, de Gaulle wrote, a leader must add three concrete ones: mystery, character and grandeur."First and foremost," he declared, "there can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. all regions have their tabernacles, and no man is a hero to his valet."
"There must always be a 'something' which others cannot altogether phantom, which puzzles them, stirs them, and rivets their attention. Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools."
Perseverance : continuing in a course of action without regard of discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
'It is not enough to have great qualities; we should also have the management of them."
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