Without forgiveness, there can be no real freedom to act within a group.

When we think about the people with whom we work, people on whom we depend, we can see that without each individual, we are not going to go very far as a group. By ourselves, we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.

We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.

The greatest thing is, at any moment, to be willing to give up who we are in order to become all that we can be.

We cannot avoid growing old; but we can avoid growing cold.

We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?