In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.

if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to.

You always admire what you really don't understand. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Look, up at the sky. There is a light, a beauty up there, that no shadow can touch

People may claim to hate puns, but most true word lovers have groaned to like them.

We want to create a society in which our workers and farmers can afford to appear in handsome attire and enjoy a good life and health; we want this kind of society.

The truth was, I wasn't sure. But I wanted to keep believing people could change, and it was certainly easier to do so when you were in the midst of it.

[A cat] will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness.

I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.

I don't know how to explain how, probably to my detriment, unselfpromoting I am. I used to have a cabaret act and I didn't even like to tell me people about that. I really hate selling myself.