The individual who has become a stranger to himself has lost the capacity for genuine self-renewal.

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure-all your life.

When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgement and taste. Almost everything else can be bought by the yard.

True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents.

If the modern leader doesn't know the facts, he is in grave trouble, but rarely do the facts provide unqualified guidance.

An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher.

All that we know about the interaction between leaders and constituents or followers tells us that communication and influence flow in both directions; and in that two-way communication, nonrational, nonverbal, and unconscious elements play their part.