If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot.

Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.

Optimists focus on the place they are going. Pessimists focus on the obstacles along the route. To become an optimist simply look ahead.

Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to.

Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible.

The bad leaders are the ones that push hard so they can gain, who brow beat us so that they can receive the benefit of our hard work, not so we can enjoy the success