Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

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.

Gentle walking is completely transformative for the body and mind.

One day it'll all make sense.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

It would be very unjust to say that you deserted me, but that I was deserted, and sometimes terribly so, is true.

Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.

When you're walking, just walk. When you're eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that's huge.

I think that an act of love is immortal; once tendered, it can never really be taken back.

Working in theoretical systems can take away the juice. It can also be very beautiful, but when you're trying to satisfy a theoretical principle rather than a sonic reality, then it can become dry.

I think that it's our responsibility to create a world in which girls can grow up and not have to limit their dreams or possibilities.