Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves.

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

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

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.