I think my mission is to be in business so I can create a positive impact that will uplift the others around me. (p. 78)

Whatever achievements and successes I've had didn't happen overnight. It is all a product of guidance, hard work, careful planning, and intense, passionate execution over many years. (p. 69)

Like blood, money is a blessing that should be shared, but you must be a responsible giver.

Don't be afraid if your idea is crazy, because good things come from crazy ideas. (p. 96)

I was excited to do something, even if I didn't know what it was. I think you need that feeling—that excitement, that fire—to make your dreams a reality. (p.59)

You have to shelf your excitement and be realistic about your internal and external strengths and weaknesses. (p.70)

... Papa's always had the ability to remember the good things and let the bad ones go." "Not a bad ability.""... I'm not sure. I think we have to remember it all before we can forgive it.

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.

Love is worth whatever it costs.

In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education

I have a strong constitution.

To someone standing in the nave, looking down the length of the church toward the east, the round window would seem like a huge sun exploding into innumerable shards of gorgeous color.

Publishers are private businesspeople who must reach their economic goals independently.

Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation. Unfortunately, the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have not lived up to this duty.

If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket.

All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.