The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.

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 biomass will live with a self-preservation instinct

If you are not selfish and greedy, you picked up riches along the street.

I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my loving and supportive family.

Anyone ever tell you you're an incredible kisser?

The spirits talk of many levels. It's not a physical level where you go up the steps to get to the next one. It's consciousness and how evolved spiritually you are.

I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain.

Sometimes you have to beat the Republicans before you beat the Democrats.

This is an exercise in power - the power of mind over matter. If you don't mind being inadequate, it doesn't matter.

It would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a knowledge of the Infinite. Are we happy? The limits of life constrain us on all sides.

I don't want to tell people what to think. I just want to show people what I think.