Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.

Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.

The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

Leaders must encourage their organizations to dance to forms of music yet to be heard.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.

Leadership is the capacity to turn vision into reality.

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing

The more we give of ourself, the more we find ourself.

Fall in love to find the beauty of life.

I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential. I must focus on myself, my work, and my friends.

Those allies who failed to join us will regret it. They're making a mistake.

The ocean makes its music; the wind does its dance. We hold on. At first we hold on to one another, but then it starts to feel like we are holding on to something even bigger than that. Greater.

Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.

The facts and techniques or whatever they teach you in class isn't going to be veryuseful in the real world, that's for sure.

In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief system makes individual failure almost inconsolable.

Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.

Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.