Successful leaders are great askers

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.

A certain elementary training in statistical method is becoming as necessary for everyone living in this world of today as reading and writing.

Cognition begins with sensation.

Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.

I would've easily won the popular vote, much easier, in my opinion, than winning the electoral college.

Now the ears of my ears awake and now the eyes of my eyes are opened.

He who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.

My love for you tonight is so deep and tender that it seems to be outside myself as well.

. . . the most difficult thing asked by our young is not our earnings but our ears.

I don't work for money any longer. I work for pride.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.