We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

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.

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.

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.

Human hearts are made to bleed at the sight a precious item destroyed, irrespective of who owns the item.

To now is to love, to see is a joy, but to lose is hurtful.

Vision is the true creative rhythm.

Writing is my number one passion. I've written two novels. I've written a screenplay. I also write short stories and poetry.

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.

It was starting to smell really good in here. And if I liked what it smelled like, then they were liking what they were smelling, and ah…that would be me.

If a person wants to be atheistic it's his God-given right to be an atheist.

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

Marriages we regard as the happiest are those in which each of the partners believes he or she got the best of it.