Good is the enemy of great. And that's one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

Great vision without great people is irrelevant.

Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.

Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.

Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.

True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility.

If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.

The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.

May the gift of gratitude and power of attention be with you always

Art is visceral and vulgar - it's an eruption.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind.

There are worse things than being fat, and one of them is worrying about it all the time.

Every time I feel that I really hit critical mass and I'm in the right place is when I feel like the director and I become a third thing, and that's the character.

The very first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer.

There's a similarity in both being young people who are not about the politics of respectability.

Too often we jump to the conclusion that something is impossible simply because we cannot see the solution. No one knows enough to be a pessimist.

It is perfect to be imperfect, because perfection is made up of many imperfections put together that makes it perfect.