Leaders who keep promises and followers who respond in kind create an opportunity generate enormous energy around their commitment to serve others.

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.

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

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.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory?

Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees.

I don't use machines - animals don't use machines.

A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.

I'm not like a persona. I'm not a caricature of myself.

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?

You think education is something to be done when all else fails?