Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.

Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.

Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.

Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.

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

The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them.

The inner experience of fallure is totally different than failure. Going to fallure means 100% commitment - you leave nothing in reserve, no mental or physical resource untapped, you never give yourself a psychological out. Failure means making a decision to let go, to be less than 100% committed, when confronted by fear, pain and uncertainty.