A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong.

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.

A comment that starts with the words "I think" usually means the opposite.

Architecture is supposed to complete nature. Great architecture makes nature more beautiful-it gives it power.

Abraham Lincoln was on the side of the social scientists when he said, "God must have loved the people of lower and middle socioeconomic status, because he made such a multiplicity of them.

I ran five miles today. Then, finally, I said, 'Here, lady...take your purse.'

You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.

Me not working hard? Yeah, right - picture that with a Kodak.

The true religion has always been one from the beginning, and will always be the same.

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.