Focusing on one's own purpose is a matter of considering what you want to do, why you want to do it, and how you will do it. Easy questions, but they do provide deep thought.

The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their ideas and are willing to hear them.

Heroism is not blind courage: it is selfless action. it is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you must do what you do for the good of others.

The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times.

Leadership is an active, living process. It is rooted in character, forged by experience, and communicated by example.

Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What's happening? What's not happening? and What can I do to influence the outcome?

People who believe in themselves and in a cause greater than themselves can achieve great things-as long as they have a well-intentioned leader to point them in the right direction.

Solution = Conflict + Collaboration

Communication comes with practice. As a leader you must speak the truth; listen for understanding; and learn from what you hear and do not hear.

Leadership is the behavior each of us exerts when we take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

Leadership embraces activism; it is the outcome of a purposeful pursuit of goals.

You are the result of the tension between who you think you should be and what you really are.

I don’t believe we should carry backupplans in life’s suitcase—they’re too easy to unpack like living a life in yoga pants, so comfortable our hips spreadinto new timezones...

But this was not quite the right kraken apocalypse.

Once in the racket you're always in it.

We would have never gotten mace had someone not thought, There must be a good way to burn someone's eyes.

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.

Resort to sermons, but to prayers most: Praying's the end of preaching.

Calvin was virtually the founder of America.

Children don't play outside enough. For hundreds of thousands of years young people spent time outside - until 15 years ago.

I see History as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.