This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
If you give a good idea to a mediocre group, they'll screw it up. If you give a mediocre idea to a good group, they'll fix it.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.
A prince should be quick to reward and slow to punish.