The Democrats’ response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.

Academic experts may not be good at doing what they are experts in themselves, but they are good at explaining the subject matter to others. They write books, teach courses and offer lessons and give steps others can follow.
Success always takes help. Failure is done alone.
The cost of leadership is self-interest.
Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama’s ‘star power’ and don’t seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete.
No matter when or where, always bring your ‘A’ game, because you never know when it will open doors for you.
In this age of omniconnectedness, words like ‘network,’ ‘community’ and even ‘friends’ no longer mean what they used to. Networks don’t exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than someone whose online status you check.

Value is not determined by those who set the price. Value is determined by those who choose to pay it.
Babe Ruth was not afraid to strike out. And it was this fearlessness that contributed to his remarkable career.
Don’t show up to prove. Show up to improve.
Give someone responsibility and they will do their best. Make them accountable and they will do even better.
The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you’re studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve.
During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.