Instead of getting an iPad, I now use my iPhone with a giant magnifying glass attached to my face.

A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it's harder to turn quickly.

There's a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.

...the best leaders are servant leaders - they serve those they lead.

Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.

Customer service shouldn't just be A department, it should be the entire company.

The biggest (and hardest) lesson I've learned in life is that the external world is just a reflection of the world within.

A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.

Your culture is your brand.

Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.

Whatever you're thinking, think bigger.

There are three sides to every story: yours, theirs, and the truth somewhere in the middle.

[T]o believe in a god is in one way to express a willingness to believe in anything. Whereas to reject the belief is by no means to profess belief in nothing.

I'm an oddity of one, my strangeness too complicated to explain or share.

Technology has allowed me to reach my fans directly. Social media: it has been a complete revolution of how to interact, promote and share things.

I'm a mom first. That's all I really care about - being a good mom and a good wife. The writing always comes second for me.

Who couldn't believe there's a God?

I'm not a historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past.

Everyone is the keeper of a dream

I'm one of these people that always looks on the bad side of the fence.

If survival calls for the bearing of arms, bear them you must. But the most important part of the challenge is for you to find another means that does not come with the killing of your fellow man.