"you can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."

~ mark twain

"the only real training for leadership is leadership."

~ anthony jay

"criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots."

~ via islamic thinking

"leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. the visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice."

~ max depree

"even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'you owe me'. look what happens with a love like that. it lights the whole sky."

~ in hafiz of shiraz's "the gift"

"the signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. are the followers reaching their potential? are they learning? serving? do they achieve the required results? do they change with grace? manage conflict?"

~ max de pree

"people seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."

~ friedrich nietzsche