Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.

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.

It's as if a child with a brush and too much enthusiasm has been set free with a tin of black paint inside me.

Self-discipline is a self-enlarging process.

Those that say they despise riches are saints or liars.

Well, well,” he said. “Five days a week isn’t enough of me? Had to give me an evening, too?

How could I think the brief years were enough To prove the reality of endless love?

When somebody say no, it's a red flag to a bull to me.

How’ is always more important that ‘what.’ See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.

You have to overcome negativity and make your dream reality. Even if your family & friends steer you in another directions, do what you want to do. They can't stop you unless you let them.

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.

'Zero Dark Thirty' is a disturbing, fantastically-made movie. It will make you hate torture.