Leaders grow; they are not made.

The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths so strong that it makes the system's weaknesses irrelevant.

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant

The postwar [WWII] GI Bill of Rights - and the enthusiastic response to it on the part of America's veterans - signaled the shift to the knowledge society. Future historians may consider it the most important event of the twentieth century. We are clearly in the midst of this transformation; indeed, if history is any guide, it will not be completed until 2010 or 2020. But already it has changed the political, economic and moral landscape of the world.

The relevant question is not simply what shall we do tomorrow, but rather what shall we do today in order to get ready for tomorrow.

Ideas are like frog eggs: you've got to lay a thousand to hatch one.