Tradition is a very powerful force.

The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

We learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.

Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.

Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.

Let your whisper shake the ground

Forgiveness has to be repeated, the bible says seventy times seven.

There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

Activism has to remain active. That's the trademark slogan and that's the mantra, because if your foot doesn't stay on the pedal, the car will stop.

Live life to the fullest everyday, 'cause we never know what day will be our last.

Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.

It feels good to come here and be a winning program.

It's the closest to death I have ever been. The chemotherapy takes you as far down into hell as you've ever, ever been.

Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in your mission statement.