Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.

There are two motives for writing a book: one, that you may save what you know, the other, that you may share what you know with the public.

You know Morse Code?” Avian asked as we walked up.“My grandpa thought it was a fun game when I was little, ” West said as he rubbed his eyes again. ”That’s a scientist’s version of fun for you.

Jason smiled and took a sip of his coke before responding. “I’m not sure how to reply to that. I thought about just giving you a nasty look. But I see you already have one.

Ronald Reagan said, 'Trust, but verify.' President Obama is 'trust, but vilify.' He trusts our enemies and vilifies everyone who disagrees with him.

God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

If the inner life of our fashionable women were known, how few would deserve the title of lady!

Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.

Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'