The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

A whale is as unique as a cactus. But don't ask a whale to survive Death Valley. We all have special gifts. Where we use them and how determines whether we actually complete something.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

Leaders should be able to Stand Alone, Take the Heat, Bear the Pain, Tell the Truth, and Do What's Right

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping.

We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals.

We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.

I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing.

When someone obtains peace and serenity, this shines a bright spotlight on others’ own unhappiness making their discomfort even more apparent.

Don't let the urge to everyday, blindfold you to ultimately loose in life.

If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.

Working exterior nights in Vancouver, when it's raining and snowing, is a little daunting, when you haven't slept.

I still play the guitar and piano, but hardly ever in public.

Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

Quit acting like a wolf, and feel the shepherd's love filling you.

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist

If you have an effect that nobody can replicate, then your phenomenon fades away. So if you want to to have a legacy, then you jolly well better have an effect that replicates.