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

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.

Growing other leaders from the ranks isn't just the duty of the leader, it's an obligation.

There is no greater success as when you turn your enemy into your ally.

I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.

Blues is a natural fact, is something that a fellow lives. If you don't live it you don't have it. Young people have forgotten to cry the blues. Now they talk and get lawyers and things.

I'm really happy I'm me because if I wasn't I'd be scared. If you want that Number One spot you need to listen to my album and try to beat it.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the nice sights in our city, seeing a young woman on a bike.

Naps are nature's way of reminding you that life is nice, like a beautiful swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity.

Sometimes writing a novel is not unlike having a baby. You'd have to ask a female novelist to compare the pain.

Empty Cradle, Broken Heart is written with great awareness and sensitivity. Deborah Davis gets it just right.

Beckon The Sea, I'll Come To The.... Shed Seven Tears, Perchance Seven Years...