True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.

The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.

Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.

The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get.

Some managers are uncomfotable with expressing emotion about their dreams, but it's the passion and emotion that will attract and motivate others.

In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then you might gain that great tranquility that comes from knowing that you've had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.