“Making the development of people an equal partner with performance is a decision you make.”

“To be sure, the fundamental task of management remains the same: to make people capable of joint performance through common goals, common values, the right structure, and the training and development they need to perform and to respond to change.”

“You need me as much as I need you. That makes us equal partners in my book.Well, your book is just wrong.”

“If you always make the right decision, the safe decision,the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.”

“Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.”

“In any serious relationship, if you don't gather your partner's opinion before making a decision that impacts you both, you're just storing up trouble for the future.”