If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.

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.

Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.

I am not failing - I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve your goals?

Don't take care of your career. Take care of your people. They will take care of your career.

Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.

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.