Imitation is for shirkers like-minded-ness for the comfort lovers unifying for the creators.

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.

That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.

Management is the art of getting things done through people.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note; that is the secret of the group.

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.

The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.

Death doesn't really worry me that much, I'm not frightened about it... I just don't want to be there when it happens.

Victoria's got her secrets. Hey, so do I!

They are not kidding when they say that mothers are strong women. We need to be strong in more ways than our children will ever know.

A new car is not going to change your life.

Whenever I wrote songs - particularly back then - it would always be for a particular artist.

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

The black church often has reinforced certain self images that are damaging to black peoples' beauty, black peoples' confidence.

P.S. I enjoy acid pops.

The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right. Next to faith this is the highest art - to be content with the calling in which God has placed you.

He [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin] was thrilled with the idea that through work in the world human beings were participating in the ongoing extension and consecration of God's creation.