Manage the dream: Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

There is never another one of you in exactly the same spot you are in right now, so give yourself a break and release blame from the past so you can be free to move around the future!!

Photography is 1% talent and 99% moving furniture.

and i can't stand the idea of being alone. i can't bear the thought of being free.

In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot.

To all those who won't listen to my music because I don't smoke ganga, I say the hell with those people

You don't need to look like everybody else. Love who you are.

You're more than just neither, honey. There's other ways to be than either-or. It's not so simple. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many people who don't fit.

Working through experience is best for me, just being there and trying to get into the mode.

Life is more fun when you open your mouth.

In all honesty, I grew up a certain way. I never had to worry about money. That was my reality.