My father was always there for me when I lost. But, then, I never really lost when my father was there.

Know more about the situation you're facing than a reporter who is writing a major article would.

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.

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.

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

A good leader has a plan that consists of changing simple pictures. Just because a group of people has a bunch of boards, hammers, and nails does not mean that they are building a house or even anything recognizable. Sometimes leaders think they are doing their job just because there is a lot of hammering going on. As a society we like the sound of hammering, but we are uncomfortable with the sound of thinking, which is silence.