Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

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.

a man was on his way to the gallows when he met another, who asked him: where are you going, my friend? and the condemned man replied: i'm not going anywhere. they're taking me by force.

Maintain your integrity! Live life in such a way that when another person tells his or her truth, you'll not be committed for blame.

The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.

Some Wishes won't become true But will lead you to the ultimate Truth

Stripping away my ego and accepting my truth even if it's not who I want to see. Makes me want to be better when it's exposed. It's very vulnerable and exhilarating.

The time will come when the Negro in the South will be accorded all the political rights which his ability, character, and material possessions entitle him to.

I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not worship.

The plundering of the human spirit by the market place is paralleled by the plundering of the earth by capital.

The simplest things are often the truest.

There's beggary in love that can be reckoned