If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Strong convictions precede great actions. – James Freeman Clarke

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it. – Henry A. Kissinger

I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way. – Anna Deavere Smith