Authenticity is not an innate quality - that is, you are not born with it. Being an authentic leader is not something you can say about yourself; it must be attributed to you.

As a professor, millennials intrigued me. I see them as engagement ready - plug-n-play if you will. They want to contribute in the classroom, the workplace and to society.

We must treat others as if they matter, as if they are worthy of care and attention.

We should always be learning or we will cease to be able to change or adapt. I think the best work on leadership today is by Ronald Heifetz. His work is focused on adaptive leadership.

The people who care about us the most are the ones who are most likely to hold us back.

People who lack self-regulation are often invasive of others. They can be perceived as being controlling, antagonistic, or even subversive.

Sometimes we don't move forward because the people who love us the most unconsciously sabotage our efforts.

Dignity is different from respect in that it is not based on how people perform, what they can do for us, or their likability. Dignity is a feeling of inherent value and worth.

Friedman suggests self-differentiation is about knowing where you end and others begin.

Leadership transitions require us to move out of our comfort zone.

You didn't just cheat on me

Start today like a new beginning, and not a repeat.

My goal tonight is to maintain a steady stream of invincibility. If I hit stage four—“I’m Invisible”—I’ll likely pass out, and that would ruin all my fun.

You try to give away what you want yourself.

I was constantly around all those religious images and to me, angels exist. I feel we were definitely guided and helped and I'm always referring to them in my work.

You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that.

If we could sweep intemperance out of the country, there would be hardly poverty enough left to

No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children by genetic means. Each new generation starts from scratch.

However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant

Is faith so cheap, my child? Faith is the last word. If one has faith, the goal is practically reached.