Our goals should serve as markers, measurements of the progress we make in pursuit of something greater than ourselves.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

I don't care about preaching to the converted.

The cost of leadership is self-interest.

In this age of omniconnectedness, words like 'network,' 'community' and even 'friends' no longer mean what they used to. Networks don't exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than someone whose online status you check.

The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.