insights quotes

High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

I read all the time, and I’m often struck by something I’m reading.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.

To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They’ve got their heads screwed on a lot better.