“Nice guys may appear to finish last, but usually they are running a different race.”

The only job security you have today is your commitment to continuous personal improvement.

If you want your people to be responsible, be responsive to their needs.

Your mind and a computer have one thing in common: neither of them know the difference between the truth and what you tell it.

Everyone knows that not all change is good or even necessary. But in a world that is constantly changing, it is to our advantage to learn how to adapt and enjoy something better.

Too many leaders act as if the sheep. Their people are there for the benefit of the shepherd, not that the shepherd has responsibility for the sheep.

When you touch – don’t take. Touch people only when you are giving something – reassurance, support, encouragement, whatever

The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.

Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.

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

If you don’t seek perfection, you can never reach excellence.

When you stop learning you stop growing.

Catching people doing things right is a powerful management concept.

Leadership is not something you do to people. It’s something you do with people.

We can’t control everything in life, that’s for sure, but we can reach out to the people we love to tell them we love and care about them.

Have I done what is really important today?

All good performance starts with clear goals.

I also found that for myself, since I’ve had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.

I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.

You get a different kick out of all aspects of filmmaking.

You cannot behave appropriately, unless you perceive correctly. Once you perceive you are a beam of Light, that comes from the mind of God, you will carry yourself differently.

Everybody has anger or regret in them one way or another. They all try different things to get it out. Some people go to psychiatrists. Some paint pictures. Some people talk it out.

The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.

The element of change has been the thing, really. We put out the first one, then the second… then a third LP totally different from them. It’s the reason we were able to keep it together.

God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.