The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

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.

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.

Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.

Maddy pressed her fingers to her lips, a smile blooming there. The man could kiss like the devil. Hot, passionate, demanding. Holy hell. Ronan McGuire was a force of nature, and equally dangerous.

You're Professor Mills? The new one who teaches history?"As opposed to the old Professor Mills who preached overthrow of the government?

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

My first major role was in a play called Through the Leaves.

I would rather work less and do the things that I really want to do.

The reasons there are so many clichés about universes inside of dewdrops is because there are universes inside of dewdrops.

A philosophy is characterized more by the formulation of its problem than by its solution of them.