The highest reward for our toil is not what we get for it but what we become by it. ... Mistakes are not failures. They are proof that we are making an effort. When we understand that, we can more easily move out of our comfort zone, try something new, and improve. ... Improvement demands a commitment to grow long after the mood in which it was made has passed.

Behind every great idea is someone saying "It won't work"

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from Influence.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

I think we impress people by our success, but I think we impact them by our failures.

The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.