On
leading
The wicked leader is s/he who the people despise,
The good leader is s/he who the people revere,
When a great leader leads, people say “we did it ourselves”.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists,
when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say: we did it ourselves.
The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
see also http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/l/lao_tzu.html