The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.
Our society and our organizations have learned to value masculine, 'quick-fix' traits in leaders. In a primitive society, a rural society, or even the industrial society of the early 1990s, quick fixes worked out all right. But they are less likely to work in a complex society. We need to look at long-range outcomes now. Service and patience are what can keep things running effectively today and women can contribute a lot in both of these areas.
I need to treat everybody fairly, but fair doesn't always mean equal.
Integrity gives. It is not a taker.
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
The leader beyond the millennium will not be the leader who has learned the lessons of how to do it, with ledgers of 'hows' balanced with 'its' that dissolve in the crashing changes ahead. The leader for today and the future will be focused on how to be - how to develop quality, character mind-set, values, principles, and courage.
Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.
High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.
There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Popularity is not leadership.
. . . There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.
The United States is the leader of the free world.
We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past.
Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.
If we learned to walk and talk the way we learn to read and write, everyone would limp and stutter.
The fellow that calls you 'brother' usually wants something that doesn't belong to him.
Beware of wallflowers. They expect to have everything done for them.
It is easy to fool yourself. It is possible to fool the people you work for. It is more difficult to fool the people you work with. But it is almost impossible to fool the people who work under you.
Ancient wisdom offers. . . a simple yet profound formula to guide everyone who leads, anyone who aspires to leadership: 'Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. '