In the 1980s America reacted to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. We supported a war that left a nation torn to pieces. And as the last Soviet tank left the country, so did we.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

The cost of leadership is self-interest.

Genius is in the idea. Impact, however, comes from action!

I would never find myself or unlikely to find myself in a room where I have a skeptic who brought me in. But I very often am in a situation somebody who's there who didn't invite me was a skeptic. That happens all the time.

I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.

The new is threatening to those who have mastered the old.