He who controls the fools gold, controls the fools.

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.

It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

The reality is that the only way change comes is when you lead by example.

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires

The world is so strange that maybe it’s perfectly logical.

If it's going to really make them happy for me to do it, I'll do Walken. I've got no problem with it at all.

Change your way of thinking, change your way of doing, change your way of choosing.

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.

No one has a clue how to build a conscious machine, at all. We have less clue about how to do that than we have about build a faster-than-light spaceship.

They asked me why I don't quit drinking, I told 'em I'm not a quitter.