Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

People don't buy what you do; they buy what you stand for.

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.

Fight against something and you focus on the thing you hate. Fight for something and you focus on the thing you love.

I'm investing in myself, I'm investing in others and I'm investing in my cause. I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does.

We should never let reality interfere with our dreams. Reality can't see what we can see.

I never imagined working with CEOs, congressmen or the military, yet I make regular visits to the Pentagon, stop by the Capitol now and then and sit down with leaders of all kinds of companies.