All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.

I woke up and one of us was crying.

Good horses make short miles.

I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame?

Even in the most difficult situation there is always, somehow, a way to triumph

Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.

I refuse to allow people to stop me from living and enjoying my life.

A child's slowness in any subject indicates a deficiency in his environment, educational or otherwise.