Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete; it must be maintained over time.

If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

While he sweated out a story she bled put a poem. (Dark City Lights)

The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it.

The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

Just . . . love me, and let tomorrow look after itself.

Death isn't sad. There's nothing sad about it. Living a shitty life, that's sad.

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

Chastening is a mark of affection, not a sign of rejection.

It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.

It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the inclination or the power to ascend the throne of the Bourbons.

Music does not know the difference between people; it only speaks to their hearts. It is the only form of communication that can bring this terrible world together.