Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

One exemplary act may affect one life, or even millions of lives. All those who set standards for themselves, who strengthen the bonds of community, who do their work creditably and accept individual responsibility, are building the common future.

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

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.

What leaders have to remember is that somewhere under the somnolent surface is the creature that builds civilizations, the dreamer of dreams, the risk taker. And remembering that, the leader must reach down to the springs that never dry up, the ever-fresh springs of the human spirit.

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

A prime function of a leader is to keep hope alive.