Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.

Great things are achieved by talented people who are absolutely convinced that they not only can but will achieve them.

Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.

Those who take risks walk the high wire with no fear of falling.

Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge.