Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.

People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.

If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come up with those ideas.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

The best people know that there are two phases in every crisis: the one where you manage it and the other where you learn from it. To succeed you have to do both

The mind is a powerful thing. It can take you through walls.

Hath not the potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?

God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.

Giving orders you know won't be obeyed is one of the best ways I know to destroy your own authority.

Evolution leads the way through desire.

America is in such trouble.

Beautiful things may be admired, if not loved.

I think the arts are very important for children growing up.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

After a while, though the grief did not go away from us, it grew quiet. What had seemed a storm wailing through the entire darkness seemed to come in at last and lie down.