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

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.

Think of a crucible as an occasion for real magic, the creation of something more valuable than an alchemist could possibly imagine. In it, the individual is transformed, changed, created anew. He or she grows in ways that change his or her definition of self.

If great teams don't have an "enemy," they create one for themselves because, as former Coca-Cola CEO Roberto Goizueta pointed out, "you can't have a war without one."

Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.

The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.