Given the current state of our finances, we could sure use a quarter of a trillion dollars a year recycling through the U.S. economy rather than through the economies of Iran, Russia, and Venezuela.

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.

A plan without action is not a plan. It's a speech.

Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!

The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off the trail for a rabbit.

Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.

Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.

You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.

On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12.

It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.

They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.

The best service to mankind is to become immersed in one's True Self.

I mentioned charter schools, and experimenting with our school system, to make it work. I think that's something we really have to pay attention to.

It will be found, as men grow more tolerant in their instincts, that many uniformities now insisted upon are useless and even harmful.

Reading history while you make history can teach you a lot.

I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ. Therefore I shy away from church...

He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.

Don't expect to make a difference unless you speak up for yourself.

Until Christ is our treasure, any other motivation we have to suffer for him is a fool’s errand.

There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace.