It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The very exercise of leadership fosters capacity for it.

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.