In a rural society communities are "given" for the individual. Community is a fact, whether family or religion, social class or caste.

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.

People think they are not satisfied with what they have but in true sense they are not satisfied with what they are.

If it takes lots of patience, sacrifice and devotion to achieve the thing you've desired, for sure you have set your targets high and you're going through immense pain to reach there.Just don't quit.

Everybody makes excuses for themselves they wouldn't be prepared to make for other people.

You can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It's like a sauce!

I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience.

I enjoy going to campuses and reading and doing a class or teaching and then running away and not having to grade papers.

I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.

I expect an energy bill to increase and diversify supply and stabilize energy prices - not drive up energy costs in one part of the country to subsidize energy in another region.

On Broadway, only the fire doors separate you from the sidewalk and you're lucky if the sound of a police car doesn't rip the envelope twice a night.

It is impossible to go as high as you are capable of going, if you are carrying the burden of hate, revenge and bitterness.