In the United States, to an unprecedented degree, the individual's social role has come to be determined not by who he is but by what he can accomplish.

The ablest and most effective leaders do not hold to a single style; they may be highly supportive in personal relations when that is needed, yet capable of a quick, authoritative decision when the situation requires it.

We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure.

Creativity requires the freedom to consider 'unthinkable' alternatives, to doubt the worth of cherished practices. Every organization, every society is under the spell of assumptions so familiar that they are never questioned, least of all by those most intimately involved.

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

The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.

Perhaps the most promising trend in our thinking about leadership is the growing conviction that the purposes of the group are best served when the leader helps followers develop their own initiative, strengthens them in the use of their own judgment, enables them to grow, and to become better contributors.