Millions of mind guerrillas, raising the spirit of peace and love, not war.
There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.
The best way to lead people into the future is to connect with them deeply in the present.
It always takes a group of people working together with a common purpose in an atmosphere of trust and collaboration to get extraordinary things done.
Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow.
Leaders strengthen credibility by demonstrating that they are not in it for themselves, instead they have the interests of the institution, department, or team and its constituents at heart. Being a servant may not be what many leaders had in mind when they chose to take responsibility for the vision and direction of their organization or team - but serving others is the most glorious and rewarding of all leadership tasks.
Leadership isn’t the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It’s a process ordinary people use when they’re bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Liberate the leader in everyone, and extraordinary things happen.
The alternate triumphs of different parties. . . make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels.
My most important title is Mom in Chief
It is always interesting to see people in dead earnest, from whatever cause, and earthquakes make everybody earnest.
I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.