We learn most not from all of the things that go right. We learn most when everything goes wrong.

I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.

Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them.

Leadership isn't answering the questions others ask. Leadership is asking others to answer their own questions.

Too many people write books as a calling card.

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

The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.