The world has more winnable people than ever before but it is possible to come out of a ripe field empty-handed.

Leadership is action, not position

Leadership is an action, not a position.

He who teaches you how to tend a garden has given you more than he who has given you a hundred roses.

Don’t compromise your focus by comparing what you are trying to learn to what you already know. Focus in the moment, on what you are trying to learn now.

I have good friends who listen to me for hours, the walls of my room

You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.

I never wanted but your heart--that gone, you have nothing more to give.

It doesn't matter what you choose, what matters is the energy with which you choose it.

I wouldn't have Elvis Presley on my show at any time.

We have produced some good walkers and saunterers, and some noted climbers; but as a staple recreation, as a daily practice, the mass of the people dislike and despise walking.

If you think of something, do it. Plenty of people often think, “I’d like to do this, or that.

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.