In most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence, mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.

Leaders who keep promises and followers who respond in kind create an opportunity generate enormous energy around their commitment to serve others.

Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

Change without continuity is chaos. Continuity without change is sloth-and very risky.

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet; and amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog has made an alliance with us.

Sometimes we think we're a little too gifted to show up, yo uknow. But none of us truly is...By avoiding risk we really risk what's most important in life---reaching toward growth, our potential, and a true contribution to a common good.

We can choose to see life as a series of trials and tribulations, or we can choose to see life as an accumulation of treasures.