[On action filled leadership] Telling your team what to do is showmanship.Showing people how to do it is leadership. Leading for the purpose of visual effect will not accomplish the vision.

People don't need to know how good you are. Just smile, just slay and just show.

There is no such thing as a weakness, only blindspots. No such thing as failure, they are just detours and scenic routes to remember your success

[Team player vs team builder]Players focus on the wins and the loses.Builders focus on the team and future of the vision.Let's move our members from team player to team builder.

Yesterday was just the tip of the iceberg of awesomeness. Things will get better. Keep smiling, don't give up just yet. Perseverance has an amazing gift for you, just wait you see.

Passion is the fuel for excellence. Rest, vacation or a payrise can't make you create excellence in your work. Findbwhat makes you passionate about what you do

If people aren't on board with your dreams, there is still that one man canoe. Sail on and slay on with it.

Don't let people intimidate you into downgrading your goals. They intimidate only because they are intimidated by your goals.

I'd rather be the jester who adds value to those around me than a King with no vision or intention of making a difference.

Do not be obsessed with expensive things.Instead, be obsessed with excellence.Things don't make you excellent.However, excellence will make you expensive.

We weren't born to create excuses, we were born to create excellence.

If I have only one coin left in the world, I will buy a rose to propose to you.

When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes!

Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it is the only time we have.

The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.

I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that's just about the best kind of luck you can have.

In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.

They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.

In a way you can feel that the poet actually is looking over your shoulder, and you say to yourself, now, how would this go for him? Would this do or not?

I can't do that wonderful thing that Tom Waits and Bob Dylan do - to do imagery. I'm not good at that. I just write from the heart.