Whenever you see a successful business someone once made a courageous decision.

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.

Living is suffering, Billy. Now give your mom a nice big hug.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

So easy to take it for granted, but this is something no normal human was made to see. The world of magic has blessed me with wonders and it's only right to stop every now and then to appreciate it.

I wouldn't say that I'm the greatest guitarist ever. I'd say probably that I'm the greatest guitarist sitting in this chair.

A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.

Flying was certainly formative for me; I have a deep and lasting ease with it as a result.

I have a red line against the Americans.

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

We tend to block off many of our senses when we're staring at a screen. Nature time can literally bring us to our senses.

Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face." (pp. 348-349)