"Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal." ― E. Joseph Cossman Topic(s): Leadership More From E. Joseph Cossman "Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners." "The best way to remember your wife’s birthday is to remember it once." "The greatest power is often simple patience." More In Leadership "Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you’ll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I’m gone. But I know that the steps we’re taking are the right steps."― Jennifer M. Granholm "My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service."― Sonny Perdue "As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in jail, and we now have Saudi Arabia working with us, Pakistan working with us."― Peter King