An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.

The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things.

The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their...

Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Gandhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people...

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

My advice to women in general: Even if you're doing a nine - to - five job, treat yourself like a boss. Not arrogant, but be sure of what you want - and don't allow people to run anything for you...

The great thing about the Wilburys was that none of us had to take the heat by ourselves. I was just a member of the band. Nobody felt like he was above anybody else. We had such a good time.

I think that any business that thinks that the transaction is 'you give me money and I give you food, next, you give me money and I give you food, next,' without understanding that people deeply want...

George Tenet has been the director of central intelligence since 1997, time enough to have changed the Agency's culture. He has failed. He should go.

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.

Mayweather Promotions - we are the past, the present, and the future of sports and entertainment, and everybody knows Mayweather's pay is better.

You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me,...

When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not...

If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.

I choose my actors well and get to know the quirks of their personalities - and, most of all, I share humor with them. Then I keep my eyes open when they rehearse and perform, because you never know...

The happy Union of these States is a wonder, their Constitution a miracle, their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

It's great to be somewhat of a role model. I want to be a positive and good role model and lead by example and try to do the best I can. Playing good golf definitely draws attention, but I want to...

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

He must have courage, not the physical courage required on a battlefield but the moral courage to make and carry out decisions that might directly counter to the wishes of his superiors. He must have...

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Every noble crown is and on earth will ever be a crown of thorns.

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Mr. President I am praying for you. 'Which way Senator?'

A disposition to preserve and an ability to improve taken together would be my standard of a statesman.