Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.
The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm.
I find, when you’re an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.
I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it.
Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.
Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.
A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.
Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?
There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers.
Don’t quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can’t see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It’s the one that makes the sweetest sound.
There is a difference between running with all your heart with your eyes closed and running with all your heart with your eyes wide open.
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.
Your work is your own private megaphone to tell the world what you believe.
If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.
A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.
We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like we belong, to make us feel special, safe and not alone is part of what gives them the ability to inspire us.
Let us not attack those who disagree. Let us defend those who follow.
Simple ideas are easier to understand. Ideas that are easier to understand are repeated. Ideas that are repeated change the world.
The mind can be convinced, but the heart must be won.
It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.