Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.

Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.

Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.

Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of originality.

Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first.

Enemies make better allies than frenemies.

The best chapters in your life story are written by love.

If youth was sold in a bottle of hair dye, we would all get in line.

Running is a simple activity. Just lace up your shoes and go, one step at a time, like each breath.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it.

Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.

We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people - the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.

When resistance no longer serves you, you'll no longer have it.

In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security.

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.