Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.

Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing

When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside.

You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.

Employees are your most valuable assets. They are the heart and guts of a company. This doesn't mean that from time to time, you aren't going to do what is good for the company.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.

Being a good leader today doesn't mean you'll be a good leader 10 years from now. You have to adapt to the times

Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.

The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn

Make a list of goals for every year, tick them off & reward yourself when you achieve each one. Will give much discipline in your life.

A writer who hasn't written anything worth-while is a most doubtful person.

But he was wounded, and tired, and winter was still upon him.

My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

I usually want to die or do nothing.

I think there are plenty of soulmates out there. That's what I choose to believe.

The thing we look for everywhere is, you know, music that resonates with us. This is what moves me. And hopefully my music will move someone else.

I like reading books that provide you with knowledge that you previously didn't have. And books you have a chance to grow as a human being after reading them.

Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.