There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.

Inspiration only starts the process; you need something more to drive a movement.

There is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space in order to highlight their vital and underappreciated roles... and a group encouraging another group to go away. The first is a forceful call to consciousness, which is... crippling to the logic of oppression. The second is a show of force, and an act of oppression in and of itself.

People think you have only to ‘tell’ a person that he ‘ought’ to do something in order to put him on the right track. But whether he can or will do it is another matter.

Setting the agenda and getting one's way, however, are two very different things.

Command is often not what you do but the way you do it.

Modeling a behavior is stronger than telling someone to act differently.

Kids imitate the habits of their parents. Teammates match the competitive energy of one another. Employees learn to manage like their supervisor.

Be the standard and others will raise their standards.

Sharing instructions about how to perform better for others is very different than sharing feelings about life experiences that make us happy or sad.

Saying is one thing and doing is another.

Saying is one thing and doing is another

Saying is one thing, doing another.

And sometimes the difference between individual and organized indignation is the difference between criminal and political action.

Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.

Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that’s what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it. They cause the events that others have to react to. They make change.