Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood.

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.

For a true artist, difficulties become opportunities and clouds become solid present.

I find feminism in smiles of a country girl not in Woolf’s artworks.

We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!

The conscious mind is going to suggest the obvious, the cliché, because these things have offered the security of having succeeded in the past.

The end of lower art is to please, the end of average art is to raise the top, the end of superior art is to free.

Truth is my God. I can only search Him through nonviolence and in on other way.

I, a late riser, fantasise about getting up every morning at 5 A.M. to fetch the horses in from the fields.

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him.

All religion is slavery.

Observe people with cool eyes, listen to their words with cool ears. Confront feelings with cool emotions, reflect on principles with a cool mind.