"The definition of success is really one of significance – the significant difference our lives can make in the lives of others."
"People cannot and should not be managed/forced. They must be lead. Help people to believe in themselves, believe that what they do is significant and that they can do it well and even improve it."
"The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority."
"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."
"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
"Encourage people to be baseballs, not wiffleballs."
"While their competition is asleep, world-class leaders are up – and they’re not watching the news or reading the paper. They are thinking, planning and practicing."
"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be."
"A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there."
"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things."
"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves."
"The more chains on a people, the more they will rebel."
"They were unwilling to give 100 percent if they didn't personally think it was important. What you don't understand is the champions know it's all important."
"Lead and inspire people. Don't try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead."
"Successful leadership is getting the right people on the bus."