Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but sail we must, and not drift, not lie at anchor.

It's amazing how long it takes to finish something you are not working on

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and, if they can't find them, make them.

The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.

Those people blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

It's never too late to be what you might have been

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader. A great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, should have.

The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.

Be changed and the world around you begins to change.

Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be

It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.