Leaders who led their organizations quietly and humbly, were much more effective than flashy, charismatic high profile leaders.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

Great vision without great people is irrelevant.

Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.

Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.

Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.

True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility.

If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.

The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.

A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer

No person can open another person, All we can do is wait. And then work with the openness when it occur.s.

My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

In the next few years I'd love to play a female version of Doctor Who. I know exactly how I would play her - she would be crafty in a clever kind of way.

When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.

Individual curiosity, often working without practical ends in mind, has always been a driving force for innovation.

Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.

Pessimism is an emotion not a philosophy.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.

For years I've had neurological problems. I used to shake a lot and I was on medication - I paid about $700,000 for one year of pills. I was taking 40-odd different ones a day.