Profit has to be a means to other ends rather than an end in itself.

A leader shapes and shares a vision, which gives point to the work of others.

The world by and large has to be reinvented.

The market is a mechanism for sorting the efficient from the inefficient, it is not a substitute for responsibility.

Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future, a posture that may be uncomfortable but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.

Creativity needs a bit of untidiness. Make everything too neat and there is no room for experiment.

Presidents, leaders, to be effective have to represent the whole to the parts and to the world outside. They may live in the centre but they must not be the centre. To reinforce the common sense they must be a constant teacher, ever travelling, ever talking, ever listening, the chief missionary of the common cause.