Great groups deliver great results. And for everyone involved in a great group, great work is its own reward.

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.

We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack

I take very few people seriously, and I'm not one of them.

Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

He never wears a watch (his own rebellion against time, against watching).

The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial one in any love story.

Big news on CNN, a search has uncovered illegal biochemical agents, toxins and other dangerous substances. Not in Iraq, in Rush Limbaugh's medicine cabinet.

I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself.

Magic: The Gathering, Gossamer Phantom. I asked him, 'Do you believe it's real?' He almost started crying and said, 'Yes, I do think it's real' and I said, 'Then that's all that matters.'

The best way to be boring is to include everything.