A friend of mine characterizes leaders simply like this: Leaders don't inflict pain. They bear pain.

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

If you are angry for one second, it leaves you with only fifty-nine seconds of happiness.

I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.

The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.

The most important thing I have to say to you today is that hair matters. Pay attention to your hair, because everyone else will.

I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two million dollars.

Once you decide that mediocrity is unthinkable, your only choices are excellence and quitting.

You ought to be able to grow up in a place and not have to get the hell out of it when you turn eighteen.

People turn to violence, because they have no other avenue left.

I think the past is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about, not only what is different about the past but what's the same, and what links us to the past.