The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

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.

I want to do it too!” said Gazzy, sitting very, very quietly, completely motionless.“Nope, ” said Nudge, shaking her head. “You stand out like a fart in church.

I'm drowning and you're stealing every breath.

I tend to find the ecstasy hidden in ordinary joys, because I did not expect those joys to be ordinary to me.

A fly rod extends a fly fisher's being as surely as do imagination, empathy or prayer.

Other people keep our souls alive, just like food and water does with our body.

Women are the only correspondents to be depended on.

I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style.

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it's what I live for.

Stillness is the ruler of haste.

As the story unfolded, the cast of characters changed to match it.