Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

Who you are, what your values are, what you stand forthey are your anchor, your north star. You won't find them in a book. You'll find them in your soul.

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.

Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

As much as it's sometimes hard to make choices about where you invest, it's equally hard to make choices about where you don't invest and what you eliminate.

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

Investing in early childhood nutrition is a surefire strategy. The returns are incredibly high.

The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism

When one loves somebody everything is clear - where to go what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything.

The American Right has an amazing ability to lionize leaders whose lives are the precise antithesis of the political values that define their image.

The subject of bisexuality really needs much more discussion. Its a status that does exist.

The picture of fallen man as given in Scripture is that he knows God but does not want to recognize Him as God.

When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise.

My perfect girl would be pretty mad, but one you can have a conversation with. No one can be too mad for me, the madder the better. I love a crazy chick!

Because I cannot work except in solitude, it is necessary that I live my work and that is impossible except in solitude.

I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same.