Paralysis of leadership is due in part to the unseen grip of the special interests.

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

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.

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

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.

The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free.