I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it...only business people think it isn't necessary to train.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

The mark of a great leader is not, only, one that found the courage to believe in themselves, but one, that was able to motivate others to take a look inward, and do the same.

Did you look for the truth?You can't find it, don't you. You can't find the truth, because we even creating it.

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.

HELPED are those who live in quietness, knowing neither brand name nor fad; they shall live every day as if in eternity, and each moment shall be as full as it is long.

The most powerful moral influence is example.

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.

There are two ways of reaching the people. One way is to invite them to come to you, the other way is to go to them.

Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.

You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.