"It is a unyielding truth that vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Kindness is the invisible thread that binds all kindred spirits together. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a quiet truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact."

"It is a profound truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"A leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."

"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command."

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."