Choose your companions before you choose your road.

If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

Love people who hate you and their hatred won’t get grounds to gain roots.

Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.

Every single day you make a choice, to be happy and enjoy the ride.....or to be sad worrying about your life. the choice is yours.

Memories are not in places, Papa. Memories are in your mind. They're here, too.

I've always liked older ladies, ever since my mother would have B'nai B'rith at our house.

We are the eyes of the cosmos. So that in a way, when you look deeply into somebody's eyes, you're looking deep into yourself, and the other person is looking deeply into the same self.

It's OK to be down in the dumps - just don't stay there too long.

To go to war without the Security Council will not be in conformity with the Council.

You cannot take credit for your talents. It is what you do with them that counts.

I think that new artistic challenges help you grow both as a person, as an artist, and then they feed back into your other work, and tend to magnify it.