It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.

Leaders develop their styles as they interact with their constituencies. They move toward the style that seems most effective in dealing with the mixture of elements that make up their constituencies.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

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