“Common sense is fairly uncommon.”

“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.”

“Management is about doing things right whereas leadership is about doing the right things.”

“One's objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over... your problem won't imrove with age.”

“I not only use all the brains I have but all the brains I can borrow.”

“You must be the change you want to see in the World.”

“Everything is practice.”

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

“If we fail to plan we plan to fail.”

“Leadership is like herding cats.”

“It is lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.”

“Managers push. Leaders pull. Managers command. Leaders communicate.”

“The past does not equal the future.”

“If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulder of giants.”

“Most people think of it (success) in terms of getting.
Success, however, begins in terms of giving.”

“We must become the change we want to see in the world.”

“Most men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up and continue as if nothing happened.”

“Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water; after enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.”

“The human race is governed by its imagination.”

“You can't talk yourself out of a situation you behaved yourself into.”

“Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than the ones you did do.”

“We do what you value and you value what you do.”

“Behind every great Leader is a great team.”

“Intelligence is the underlying organisational principle of the universe.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act – it is a habit.”

“We all have the ability; the difference is how we use it.”

“My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.”

“Those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.”

“From each according to his ability; to each according to his needs.”

“If it ain't broke, you just haven't looked hard enough. Fix it anyway.”

“We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.”

“Management is getting people to do what needs to be done. Leadership is getting people to want to do what needs to be done.”

“I am always doing things I can’t do – that’s how I get to do them.”

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”

“Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.”