A hallmark of leadership is accountability.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

To a greater force, and to a better nature, you, free, are subject, and that creates the mind in you, which the heavens have not in their charge. Therefore if the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

False leaders rarely engage succession planning for fear of no longer being seen as the leader.

The purpose of Propaganda is to make one set of people forget that other sets of people are human.

The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall.

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; but if a thing is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people – men and women, boys and girls – that make the world a special place.