I’ll sum up the key to success in one word: generosity.

Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.

In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity

The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.

To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first

You have to envision yourself winning to win.

In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from the selling you've already done.

When we are truly passionate about something we are contagious.

When you help someone through a health issue, positively impact someone's personal wealth, or take a sincere interest in their children, you engender life-bonding loyalty.

I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.

People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.

Your craft is comprehensive if it represents you.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.

I'm very bad with music. I don't know any new music. I've listened to the same 10 or 12 albums my whole life.

I had to be happy with the process of writing.Each step you take is more rewarding than the one before.

I think I've learned more from women than anyone else, and perhaps from love. What a wonderful testing ground.

Prayer need not be a burdensome duty. It is meant to be a joyful and creative privilege.

I definitely like the mystery of not knowing how things will turn out, you know.

We think of Starbucks not as a coffee company but a media company.

To be a Christian, you must pluck out the eye of reason.