A culture truly changes only when a new way of operating has been shown to succeed over some minimum period of time.

The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

We learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.

Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.

Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.

Always bet on the underdog. They've got ambition and nothing to lose.

Topology is destiny, ' he said, and put the drawers on. One leg at a time.

During a very busy life I have often been asked "How did you manage to it all?" The answer is very simple: it is because I did everything promptly.

I'm not quite as much of a curmudgeon being old. I'm not cantankerous. But otherwise, I'm about the same.

She brooded and bit her rich lips: my soul began its first sink into her, deep, heady, lost; like drowning in a witches' brew, Keltic, sorcerous, starlike.

Traditional values are big in my life.

That audience embrace has unbelievable power.

Can you explain what Internet is?

People need to understand, we can come together as a nation; we can create a culture of life.

My mother is the most supportive mother in the world, she's magical.