“The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.”

Humans are social animals. We seek belonging. We feel safer in a tribe than alone. But not all tribes are healthy.

The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.

A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.

Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.

The hardest part is starting. Once you get that out of the way, you’ll find the rest of the journey much easier.

Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.

We’d achieve more if we chase the dream instead of the competition.

A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.

we are here to give

Happy employees ensure happy customers. And happy customers ensure happy shareholders – in that order.

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.

The ability of a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people pull together as a team.

We very often confuse personality with leadership.

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress: Working hard for something we love is called passion.

I’m not funny. What I am is brave.

Character is like my fingerprint; it identifies me from everyone else in the world. It says who I am and where I am headed.

You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people’s characteristics so that you can design characters around what you’ve seen.

My features are completely ethnic.

Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?

As an actor, you think you know your craft, you know the conflicts in your character, but often you don’t.

I am not bothered with whether my characters are conventional or not. Because I am not in this for the designer labels and the autographs.

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.