Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.

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.

Just for the record, I have come to fear all of your ideas in advance, simply from having endured enough of them.

Always remember that the soundest way to progress in any organization is to help the man ahead of you to get promoted.

The most important thing I think we need to remember is that we're a work in progress. Do not be ashamed or afraid to ask for help. That's what I did. I asked for help.

You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.

Life has a funny way of becoming ordinary as soon as it can.

I have always been into music ever since I was a kid.

Many argue; not many converse.

The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.

Do not falter or shrink; But just think out your work, And just work out your think.

Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.