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.

If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

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

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

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

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the way.

Go as far as you can see when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.