Leaders who led their organizations quietly and humbly, were much more effective than flashy, charismatic high profile leaders.

You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.

Get keep right people.

Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.

Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.

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

You can't manufacture passion or "motivate" people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you.