Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.

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.

Family is not an important thing, it's everything.

Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven't asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go.

Such grief might be to them quite delicious, a delicacy.

At times we convince ourselves, we have something to lose but in fact, who you are and your being remains intact.

I am quite a relaxed person out of the car, but in the car I am aggressive, I never give up, I fight to the end and I try 100% all the time.

And the founder of Christianity made no secret indeed of his estimation of the Jewish people. When He found it necessary, He drove those enemies of the human race out of the Temple of God.

I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing.

A dead afternoon in a dark bar was not the worst of fates.

When you are given immunity that means that you've probably committed a crime.