“The opposite of hope is despair, and when we despair, it is because we feel there are no choices.”

“Managers do things right. Leaders do the right thing.”

“If knowing yourself and being yourself were as easy to do as to talk about, there wouldn't be nearly so many people walking around in borrowed postures, spouting secondhand ideas, trying desperately to fit in rather than to stand out.”

“Silence - not dissent - is the one answer that leaders should refuse to accept.”

“Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.”

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

“Who succeeds in forming and leading a Great Group? He or she is almost always a pragmatic dreamer. They are people who get things done, but they are people with immortal longings. Often, they are scientifically minded people with poetry in their souls.”