Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big, backward-looking Goliath. They always have an "enemy."

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.

There are no tyrants if there are no slaves.

I found, as every teacher does, that there is nothing like teaching to help one learn.

Are you telling me Kara Orris is afraid of rain?” Hunter’s grin twisted into a smirk as his eyes lit up, relishing his new discovery with absolute delight. “Why, that’s adorable!

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.

I think articulating things through song is a good way of letting people know that they're not alone.

Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.

I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in others.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.