Power is the ability to get things done

One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.

Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.

The most radical thing we can do is connect people to one another. That starts conversations toward a vision for change.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks.

Everything looks like a failure in the middle. In neary every change project, doubt is cast on the original vision because problems are mounting and the end is nowhere in sight.

You can't expect people who are too lazy to run to accompany you on a marathon.

Those who never confront obstacles live with delays and postponements

Her need was as big as the stars, and he was down there on the beach, so quiet she could hardly hear him.

Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

When an Italian tells me it's pasta on the plate, I check under the sauce to make sure.

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings.

I play blues, sure, but don't call me a bluesman

Unless our hands go hand in hand with our heads, we will be able to do nothing whatsoever.

Religion is collective insanity.

Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, "God forbid that it should ever befall me!"