Learning cannot be disassociated from action.

A learning organization is an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.

You cannot force commitment, what you can do…You nudge a little here, inspire a little there, and provide a role model. Your primary influence is the environment you create.

All great things have small beginnings.

The organizations that will truly excel in the future will be the organizations that discover how to tap people's commitment and capacity to learn at all levels in an organization.

The world is made of Circles And we think in straight Lines

Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’

The key to success isn't just thinking about what we are doing but doing something about what we are thinking.

The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

A shared vision is not an idea...it is rather, a force in people's hearts...at its simplest level, a shared vision is the answer to the question 'What do we want to create?

Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even pictures of images that influence how we understand the world and how we take action.

How could I insist on equality when I was unwilling to do what life demanded to be equal?

I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg.

You may imitate, but never counterfeit.

Longing is all that lasts.

The more generous the benefit, the easier you make it to stay on unemployment insurance, and the less incentive there is for people to actually go out and do what it takes to get a job.

Expect the unexpected, and always be ready - everyone has inside them what it takes to be successful. You just have to be ready to unleash it when the opportunity presents itself.

I've always believed that dreams were both the love letters and the hate mail of the subconscious.

Morning's great that way. You can cry yourself to sleep and wake up wondering what the fuss was over.

The greater the teacher, the greater the pupil may become.

That is to say, Hillary Clinton is not, in my mind, a satisfying or calming alternative to Donald Trump.