Vision without execution is delusion. The joy is in the results

Leadership is an achievement of trust.

I would hope that American managers-indeed, managers worldwide-continue to appreciate what I have been saying almost from day one: that management is so much more than exercising rank and privilege, that it is much more than "making deals." Management affects people and their lives.

Mother Teresa's numerical results were not her greatest contribution. Instead, she made the world-and especially India-conscious of compassion.

Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions.