the leader releases energy, unites energies, and all with the object not only of carrying out a purpose, but of creating further and larger purposes. And I do not mean here by larger purposes mergers or more branches; I speak of larger in the qualitative rather than the quantitative sense. I mean purposes which will include more of those fundamental values for which most of us agree we are really living.

The insight to see possible new paths, the courage to try them, the judgment to measure results - these are the qualities of a leader.

while the executive should give every possible value to the information of the specialist, no executive should abdicate thinking on any subject because of the expert. The expert's information or opinion should not be allowed automatically to become a decision. On the other hand, full recognition should be given to the part the expert plays in decision making.

Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.

Many people tell me what I ought to do and just how I ought to do it, but Few have made me want to do something.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.