Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

Who you are, what your values are, what you stand forthey are your anchor, your north star. You won't find them in a book. You'll find them in your soul.

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.

There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

As much as it's sometimes hard to make choices about where you invest, it's equally hard to make choices about where you don't invest and what you eliminate.

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.

If people are troubled by their view, they ought to offer these New Orleanians, and black and poor people in the places like the Lower Ninth Ward around the country, a reason to believe otherwise.

You can never hide your attitude so be generous. Always show your best attitude and life will be beautiful.

Besides we are men, and after all it is our business to risk our lives.

The “growing” we attribute to becoming more mature, could be more accurately described as “shrinking, ” as we cut away the nonsense that emotionally weighs us down.

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

I like playing frisbee. It is the only sport where you can throw something at a person and it's okay.

I think Jared [Kushner] is an unusually polished person.

Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.

Gaining trust is not difficult for me. I needed to gain the trust of the North Korean supervisors.

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.