When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

What gets measured gets managed.

The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

Love is the power of a wise man. It is a net for a lover. It is a tool for a clever man. Love is a song for a singer.

Our subconscious mind stores all our negative beliefs, complexes and behavioral patterns

Governments and entire planets are important, Threepio. But when you sift everything down, they're all just made of people.

Work keeps us occupied. Faith keeps us fortified. Hope keeps us gratified. Love keeps us satisfied.

Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism.

We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.

I have no interest at all in food and drink, but only in slaughter and blood and the agonized groans of mangled men

I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel.