Recognize the skills and traits you don't possess, and hire the people who have them.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and what you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

Leaders must earn the trust of their teams, their organizations, and their stakeholders before attempting to engage their support.

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

Frailty, thy name is human!

Never underestimate a bookworm

Madness is like gravity, you just need to push it...

Once conform once do what others do because they do it and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.

And I’m drawn to failure. I often write about it, and I’m sympathetic with it, I think, because I feel I’m contending with it constantly in my own life.

You will always be here with me; As long as I live, A towering figure of love.

Some people say they want things, but when push comes to shove they don't do what is necessary to achieve it.

usta be young usta be gifted - still black.