Take lack of candor. ... I'm not talking about boldface lying, but a tendency to withhold information. That behavior is far more common, and it frustrates teams and bosses to no end.

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

Be candid with everyone.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Change before you have to.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

Face fears with faith.

Every time he saw her he realised the reason why they always said humans are made of stardust.

There are literally a million ways to deal with any situation and Madiba was the best teacher in tutoring me to see those ways, but lying was never an option.

REPARATION, n. Satisfaction that is made for a wrong and deducted from the satisfaction felt in committing it.

He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]

There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.

There is undoubtedly a difference between people who manipulate other people and people who create things.

You give away nice like it doesn't cost you anything.

I don't think anywhere you go to get news is news anymore. It is commentary, but mostly it is the advancement of agenda.

I really look forward to knowing that something is always possible.