History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

What gets measured gets managed.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

Naive inflationism demands an increase in the quantity of money without suspecting that this will diminish the purchasing power of the money.

There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

Now there is so much expertise and brainpower it's hard to be at the cutting edge of what's cool and not do something that's totally geeky.

It is either Christ or chaos.

As to marriage, I think the intercourse of heart and mind may be fully enjoyed without entering into this partnership of daily life.

Let us be poised, wise and our own today.

Death is not too great a price for a life fully lived.