I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.

You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

There's nothing wrong with being fired.

If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.

I'm no genius. I'm not at all; I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through.

It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.

I'm poor and my cat is huge.

You will never be the person you can be if pressure tension and discipline are taken out of your life.

You can't get someone to like something they aren't feeling. After you press play, there isn't anything you can do.

Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.

I do keep a tiny little journal in which I write passages that I read and want to hold on to. This practice is sort of the opposite of Twitter.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

My wife has been my greatest earthly inspiration. She excels in eloquence, the poetry of words, empathy and graciousness.

The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society.

Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them, than upon what they make us see in ourselves

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.