“A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others that they may have the strength to stand on their own.”

Is almost a good enough reason for fear?

I love to write the weird and creepy stuff!

And in her smile I see something more beautiful than the stars.

I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book.

Power isn’t control at all-power is strength, and giving that strength to others.

I’m sorry.’ The two most inadequate words in the English language.

It is like a piece of my soul had been lost, empty, and it is now filled with the light of a million stars.

Cause I bring the heater. Love me cause I’m your leader.

Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.

About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentleman’s education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return.

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]

Be neither saint nor sophist-led, but be a man.

American women were frustrated in just the role of housewife – but they also managed to enlarge it. And they weren’t just housewives, they were community leaders.

Life is special when you reach out beyond yourself to be a true servant leader for others.

Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.