We talk about the quality of product and service. What about the quality of our relationships and the quality of our communications and the quality of our promises to each other?

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.

Tourism, human circulation considered as consumption is fundamentally nothing more than the leisure of going to see what has become banal.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

I personally do not believe in politics, hatred, or anger in my musical composition.

Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master.

The headmistress was an able instructress in French and history and we learned with her as fast as fear could teach us.

There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.

Some people just wanna see the world burn

It is a wise child that knows its own father, and an unusual one that unreservedly approves of him.

Treat each class as if it were your first.

When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.