“Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.”

“Young wives are the leading asset of corporate power. They want the suburbs, a house, a settled life, and respectability. They want society to see that they have exchanged themselves for something ...”

“The Function of Leadership is to produce more Leaders, Not more Followers.”

“The resource of generational history is accorded little attention our society, which seems ever more obsessed with making new and better synonymous. From my family I became aware of the importance ...”

“Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.”

“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.”

“You can start with nothing and still succeed. However, if you don't start you will never succeed.”

“I think, in storytelling, people want to see triumph, and so it's usually nice to start with failure and see someone somehow rise above it. People like to see people try. And they like to see peopl...”

“The starkest rejection letter might be followed by a million-dollar advance. Don't let rejection start to look the same as failure.”

“A man who tells you to follow him will turn his followers into his company, while a true leader who does not tell you to follow him, will sit in the company of his followers.”

“In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.”

“I discovered that all these rulers were men. What they had in common was an avaricious and distorted personality, a never-ending appetite for money, sex and unlimited power. They were men who sowed...”

“He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and w...”

“Sheep are always looking for a new shepherd when the terrain gets rocky.”

“When you get the opportunity to lead, remember it is a noble opportunity not just to amass followers, but to nurture true and great leaders who can do even great things than you!”