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Some People May Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them. Very Few Have Excellence Thrust Upon Them. They Achieve It. They Do Not Achieve It Unwittingly, By “doin' What Comes Naturally”; And They Don't Stumble Into It In The Course Of Amusing Themselves. All Excellence Involves Discipline And Tenacity Of Purpose.

Mastery Is Not Something That Strikes In An Instant, Like A Thunderbolt, But A Gathering Power That Moves Steadily Through Time, Like Weather.

I Think That All Human Systems Require Continuous Renewal. They Rigidify. They Get Stuff In The Joints. They Forget What They Cared About. The Forces Against It Are Nostalgia And The Enormous Appeal Of Having Things The Way They Always Have Been, Appeals To A Supposedly Happy Past. But We've Got To Move On.

The Play Of Conflicting Interests In A Framework Of Shared Purposes Is The Drama Of A Free Society. It Is A Robust Exercise, And Often A Noisy One. It Is Not For The Faint-hearted, Or The Tidy-minded.

If The Modern Leader Doesn't Know The Facts, He Is In Grave Trouble, But Rarely Do The Facts Provide Unqualified Guidance.