It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is, for many of the overpaid leaders, we know that they took the money and perks and didn’t offer protection to their people. In some cases, they even sacrificed their people to protect or boost their own interests. This is what so viscerally offends us. We only accuse them of greed and excess when we feel they have violated the very definition of what it means to be a leader.

The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.

When someone asks for your time, and you put your phone away to talk to them... that's leadership.

We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.