Never underestimate the power of the mind to disempower.

The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.

Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.

We learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord within us.

Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.

Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.

My position as a follower of God is not to show you how close I am to God—my job is to show you how close you are to God […]. (Simon)

People will laugh at anything, except their own moronic self.

Mercedes does beautiful work, absolutely.

And the meek shall inherit the earth.

I would like go to Palestine and interview people there about what their lives are like; same thing in Iran.

There's a lack of knowledge about Iran and the Iranian people.

A good back makes his own holes. Anybody can run where the holes are.

By faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.

War is obsolete. We are not here to fight something or tear something down; We are here to be the example of what is possible. Any sane individual will tell you that violence is ... not the way.

Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol.