If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.

The only competition in art is the search for truth. No matter who gets there first, we all win.

Mindset is what separates the best from the rest.

Before building any relationship, think on how your partner could be the best companion to you in achieving your life’s earnest goals

In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup.

The satisfaction of producing a work of art is the thing of getting off on it on some level.

Chronic disease is a food borne illness.

Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God.

I was a greasy short-order cook. I just liked being greasy! That was a real departure for me.

From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.