A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Martin Luther King

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

New insights fail to get put into practice because they conflict with deeply held internal images of how the world works ... images that limit us to familiar ways of thinking and acting. That is why the discipline of managing mental models -- surfacing, testing, and improving our internal pictures of how the world works -- promises to be a major breakthrough for learning organizations.

Peter Senge

A goal without a method is cruel.

William Edwards Deming

Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Chinese gezegde

The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths in ways that make weaknesses irrelevant.

Peter Drucker

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Engels gezegde

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Thomas Edison

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.

Mark Twain

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

Alvin Toffler

I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.

Ludwig von Beethoven

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.

Vince Lombardi

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. 

Vince Lombardi

Gentlemen, we have run out of money. Now we have to think

Winston Churchill

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Dave Gardner

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them – a desire, a dream, a vision. They have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.

Muhammad Ali

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

Henry Ford

Excellence can be obtained if you ..
.. Care more than others think is wise.
.. Risk more than others think is safe.
.. Dream more than others think is practical.
.. Expect more than others think is possible.

Vince Lombardi

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Abraham Lincoln

There is nothing so practical as a good theory.

Kurt Lewin

L'avenir ne se prévoit pas, il se prépare.

Maurice Blondel

In the beginning I looked around and, not finding the automobile of my dreams, decided to build it myself

Ferdinand Porsche

There is no substitute for hard work.

Thomas Edison

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.

Colin L. Powell