"A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential."

"People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude."

"Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them."

"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision."

"It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas."

"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."

"I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical."

"The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability."