With vision only, you get no follow-through. With enforcers only, the vision is realized but leaves a lot of wreckage.

Every organization needs to be introspective, transparent, and honest with itself. This only works if everyone is unified on the goals and purposes of the organization and there is trust within the team. High-performing, successful organizations build cultures of introspection and trust and never lose sight of their purpose.

I think leadership is both a trained thing and a natural gift.

I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that I never entered it.

One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.

There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has done by being aggressive in the war on terror, this should redouble everyone's efforts to go after terrorist organizations of any kind... Terror has to be brought to an end.

I think we can make a contribution to their [Saudi Arabia] thinking as they decide how they should deal with the economic and social challenges that they are facing.