To be authentic is literally to be your own author... to discover your own native energies and desires, and then to find your own way of acting on them.

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.

I've learned that you know your husband still loves you when there are two brownies left and he takes the smaller one.

There was healing in the tyranny, and tyranny in the healing.

In every circumstance, always remember that you can only be as happy or miserable as you repeatedly interpret your life to be.

Good apprentices know that they are in the process of becoming masters and that as responsible artisans they must seek to improve upon the knowledge entrusted to them and go further.

Well Being is my birthright.

You can't have success without trust... especially in businesses that deal with the public.

Contempt for private wrongs was one of the features of ancient morals.

The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.

Help cure the world of the faith virus.

Sometimes when you have limited resources and you really have to think about creative ways to get around some of these problems, generally the end result is better.