It's a poor bureaucrat who can't stall a good idea until even its sponsor is relieved to see it dead and officially buried.

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.

If you have to have a policy manual, publish the 'Ten Commandments.'

Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

The world is divided into two classes of people: the few people who make good on their promises (even if they don't promise as much), and the many who don't. Get in Column A and stay there. You'll be very valuable wherever you are.

When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure.

A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steel in his heart.