They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

What gets measured gets managed.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

History is not the past – it is the method we have evolved of organising our ignorance of the past

I may not know what is in store for me. However, I always know how I prefer to respond to my circumstances whatever they may be.

Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes the disagreeable passion of humility.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

I have a huge editor in my head who's always making me miserable. But sometimes, I try to let my unconscious act out.

The part of me that is both a spiritual seeker and a social activist meet in this understanding of enlightened power coming from a deep, genuine well within each person.

People would not long remain in social life if they were not the dupes of each other.

Recalling, for me, is a great way of living, so not to forget.

I think Brian Moore's gnashers are the kind you get from a DIY shop and hammer in yourself. He is the only player we have who looks like a French forward.

The love of God is not generic. God looks with love upon every man and woman, calling them by name.