We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

We need never to be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken.

People ask, how can a person abuse a child? I ask, how can so many 'good' people not do anything about it?

Love is a madness if thwarted it develops fast.

It's through discipline and tremendous disappointment and failure that you arrive at what it is you must paint.

In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

I kept looking for a logic that would explain life. It never occurred to me that instead love is the vital synthesis.

Intelligence is to provide the facts to us. The facts will usually take you to the truth. And then, when we get the truth, we have got to make the decisions and do what's best for this country.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

He was the only man I ever knew who could get money from the rich and votes from the poor with the promise to protect them from each other.

It is exhausting to be running around pretending to be scared at night - It sounds so wussy actory.