He that cannot obey cannot command.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men—the other 999 follow women.

Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.