Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.

Life is a sexually transmitted disease.

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.

When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an
act of choice and therefore read more

When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an
act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived
consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the
creation of a better world.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how
valuable we are.

What we must decide is perhaps how we are valuable, rather than how
valuable we are.

What's meant to be will always find a way.

What's meant to be will always find a way.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not read more

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is
regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.