You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

Serving others breaks you free from the shackles of self and self-absorption that choke out the joy of living.

Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.

Power: The ability to force or coerce someone to do your will, even if they would choose not to, because of your position or your might.

There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.

Those who follow the crowd will never be followed by the crowd.

INTENTIONS + ACTION = WILL

A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away.

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

She knew whose love she doubted. It wasn't her parents' and it wasn't her friends: It was her own.

If the Opportunity is not there, You be there for it!

The ordinary build houses when they have bricks

Each appointment brought fear, uncertainty and discouragement. Ann’s constant concern was, What if I have cancer?

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I'm so happy I did a nice thing.

If I could create one job in the private sector by helping to grow a business, that would be one more than Congress has created in the last six months.

I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything.

I always like [while filming] to have a sense of what led this person to this point.

I'm challenging myself to reverse the hate.

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.