As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

Servant-leader ship is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win. In that situation, they don't work for you, you work for them.

Feedback is the breakfast of champions.

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.

Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned a thing until you take action and use it.

Start your day with good intentions and set yourself up for a good attitude. It's not what happens to you that matters but how you respond.

Take a minute: look at your goals, look at your performance, see if your behavior matches your goals.

In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.

The human mind was a devious organ, however, and it chiseled in stone that which would be best left unrecalled.

I believe in the bible. I believe in the one true God. I believe he is the one true God because he's the only one that loved me enough to actually take action in my life.

The sad fact of life: Winners love the game. Losers don't.

Down deep we really know our worth but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.

Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business.

I can't tell them what to do!" "Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.

The less I talk about being black, the better.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.