Excellence Is Doing Ordinary Things Extraordinarily Well.

The [nonprofit] Sector Enhances Our Creativity, Enlivens Our Communities, Nurtures Individual Responsibility, Stirs Life At The Grassroots, And Reminds Us That We Were Born Free.

True Happiness Involves The Full Use Of One's Power And Talents.

Tax Reduction Has An Almost Irresistible Appeal To The Politician, And It Is No Doubt Also Gratifying To The Citizen. It Means More Dollars In His Pocket, Dollars That He Can Spend If Inflation Doesn't Consume Them First. But Dollars In His Pocket Won't Buy Him Clean Streets Or An Adequate Police Force Or Good Schools Or Clean Air And Water. Handing Money Back To The Private Sector In Tax Cuts And Starving The Public Sector Is A Formula For Producing Richer And Richer Consumers In Filthier And Filthier Communities. If We Stick To That Formula We Shall End Up In Affluent Misery.

One Generalization That Is Supported Both By Research And Experience Is That Effective Two-way Communication Is Essential To Proper Functioning Of The Leader-follower Relationship.

History Never Looks Like History When You Are Living Through It. It Always Looks Confusing And Messy, And It Always Feels Uncomfortable.