Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

Who you are, what your values are, what you stand forthey are your anchor, your north star. You won't find them in a book. You'll find them in your soul.

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.

Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

As much as it's sometimes hard to make choices about where you invest, it's equally hard to make choices about where you don't invest and what you eliminate.

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.

Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abru

I have liked many but loved very few. Yet no-one has been as sweet as you. I'd stand and wait in the world's longest queue. Just for the pleasure of a moment with you.

By nature, I am a materialist... It is exactly these impingements upon our sense of touch and so forth that I'm interested in.

Before you can teach children, you must get the silver key of kindness to unlock their hearts, and so secure their attention.

If you want to help people, if you care, go to the cities. The city is where the pain is the greatest - and the cities are a hell of a lot of fun if you like art, movies and plays.

You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow.

Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall.

We didn't talk much. But we didn't need to.

There are days when I don't want to go to the gym or find myself not super motivated upon arriving. I would visualize myself playing at the Olympics.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.