Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

Details create the big picture.

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.

There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.