I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

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

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.

A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.

Nothing in life is worth having that doesn't lie on the other side of a risk

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

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

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 task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.

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

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

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.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

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