The artist must conceive with warmth yet execute with coolness.

Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.

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.

To keep an organization young and fit, don't hire anyone until everybody's so overworked they'll be glad to see the newcomer no matter where he sits.

An idea's worth is directly proportional to the opposition created.

If people are coming to work excited. . . if they're making mistakes freely and fearlessly. . . if they're having fun. . . if they're concentrating on doing things rather than preparing reports and going to meetings-then somewhere you have leaders.

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.