A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.

A wise person does not fear the edges and fringes, but studies them. Indeed, he or she is often in them, working to make change happen.

Sometimes facing opportunity is like staring at the knees of a giraffe.

Belief in oneself is a crucial quality of leadership, because 'a house divided against itself cannot stand.' A leader who fluctuates back and forth sends a very wavery signal. Like the soprano who can shatter glass by finding that high note and holding it, a leader who can hold that high note, without wavering, can shatter walls.

Forgetting your mission leads, inevitably, to getting tangled up in details-details that can take you completely off your path.

If you believe you have a just cause, an important message, or a key contribution to make, you will be just as innovative as a college freshman desperate to see his girlfriend six hundred miles away. You will get there any way you can.

Perhaps the true mark of a leader is that she or he is willing to stand alone.