Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

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.

Happiness lies in hope.

Poetry...... a place for the genuine, Hands that can grasp, eyesthat can dilate, hair that can rise

I don't really want to control anyone, to be honest.

Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It's just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise.

If it's peace you find in dying, well then let the time be near.

Life is the power that's greater than I can ever comprehend. The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature - that makes me humble.

Life is not about win-and-lose. Life is about being or not being, expressing or not expressing, who you are.

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

It is hard to deal with someone who smiles and pretends to like you to your face and sticks that eight inch blade in your back when you turn around.