I've been lucky to have survived balloon trips, boating trips, you know, a lot of rather foolish things in my life, so I was definitely born under a lucky star.

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.

If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human rights. It is the argument of tyrants

I saw clearly how those who saved the state so heroically and courageously in the War of Independence would be capable of bringing a catastrophe upon it if they are given the chance in normal times.

God waits for us to create him.

A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity.

Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God.

Bloggers intent on self-expression which renders no service to readers don't get read.

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

I can never be on time for anything. I'm always 10 or 15 minutes late.

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.

All we can do to prepare rightly for tomorrow is to do the right thing today.