Leadership is not a rank, it's a choice.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

(Emerson's) aphorisms tend to be chicken soup for the academic soul or gobledygook of a man who prefers the sounds of words to their meanings.

Lifelong learning is like a never ending personal revolution.

I survived. (J'ai vecu.)

There are men whom you will never dislodge from an opinion, except by taking possession of it yourself.

Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.

What I'm trying to do right now is truly answer my most deepest most unarticulated questions for myself through my writing in some form.

The sooner you learn it's on you to make life interesting, the better off you'll be.

I hate everything approaching temperamental inspiration,'sacred fire'and all those attributes of genius which serve only as cloaks for untidy minds.

One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!