“If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.”

Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.

Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

Whatever your position, reach out to those who know more than you do, and have been around longer than you have. Find those people. Listen carefully. And learn.

There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.

Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.

Remember where you came from.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.

Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.

Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

You make sunlight doubt its role in winters as you set my body on fire.

When you’re feeling full of doubt and fear has got you in a bind, love will save the day.

It’s okay to feel self doubt from time to time you chose to go beyond what you’ve known.

I entertain no doubts as to the truths of the tranfinites, which I recognized with God’s help and which, in their diversity, I have studied for more than twenty years; every year, and almost every day brings me further in this science.

My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.

If in doubt, anything looks good with a white shirt.

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.