Luck never built a business. Prosperity and growth come only to the business that systematically finds and exploits its potential.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

What gets measured gets managed.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

You're like a grey sky. You're beautiful, even though you don't want to be.

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

Inhaling, I am ignited with the first breath of freedom

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

Differentiation of treatment is not motivated by the difference of value of the two races, but of the fundamental difference of their respective natures.

Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.

When you get into your 40s, it's all about lighting. It's hard. You have to face whether the way you look is your self-worth or not. Once you get beyond that, it's all about what's in your heart.

The process of discovering who we are and what we are here to do . . . is dependent . . . on our ability to stay positive and to find a silver lining in all events.

You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do, you do not have two human beings; you have a corpse.

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.