Leadership is not about necessarily being the loudest in the room.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

I'm doing many different things to prepare for the inevitable failure of one of them.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.

Change — real change — comes from the inside out.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.