Before I got glasses, I thought Monet was the world's only realist landscape painter.

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.

The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

To succeed in this world, you have to change all the time.

Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.

You can't just keep doing what works one time, everything around you is changing. To succeed, stay out in front of change.

Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune

Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.

The prison bars deny you the now. You are forced to always think about the past or the future.

Things just are the way they are... However, NOWHERE in ANY law, dogma, or rules is it mandated -be it sanctioned, decreed, or wrought by divine imposition- that ANY OF IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY!

I always ended up doing things I didn’t want to do today just so I didn’t regret not doing them tomorrow.

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.

This is my advice to entrepreneurs. It's easy to give up, but believe in your ideas. Surround yourself with people you respect and are smarter than you.

Put your trust in Allah and not in anyone other than Him, because it is known that He alone is the Helper.

Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.

There are no plans in President-elect [Donald] Trump's policies moving forward to touch Medicare and Social Security.

Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.

It's always great to have another chance at something.