If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.

A true leader helps people focus on their potential, not on their limitations.

One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist I have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to. And I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse. When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person, elicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.

Learn, earn, return - these are the 3 phases of life. Jack Balousek There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being - to help someone to succeed.

The ultimate leaders develop followers who will surpass them.

If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people, you will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.

Love, honor, and negotiate.