The conflict of chemistry we do not think reprehensible. If we could look at social conflict as neither good nor bad, but simply a fact, we should make great strides in our thinking.

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.

That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.

Management is the art of getting things done through people.

the best leaders try to train their followers themselves to become leaders. ... they wish to be leaders of leaders.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note; that is the secret of the group.

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.

The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.

Entrepreneur, noun: someone who takes calculated risks to add value to wider society with the hope of making money and building wealth

The pale water which goes away along paths of silence.

Long after one has forgotten what a woman wore, the memory of her perfume lingers.

There is nothing so strong as the force of love; there is no love so forcible as the love of an affectionate mother to her natural child.

If men must die, why not in honorable pursuit of knowledge? Far be it that our ideas of manhood should be dwarfed to the size of a golden dollar.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Songwritng is what I do.

The life of entire surrender is a joyous life all along the way.

What made me sign with the Cardinals? Because they used salesmanship, the personal touch.

Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, more longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, than women's are.