Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

Home is the dearest spot on earth, and it should be the centre, though not the boundary, of the affections.

Treachery and violence are a just return for treachery and violence.

I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

Reader, I literally married him.

Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.

I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs.

Live fully each day to the full . . .

Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, terrify people, clear the air.