Investors who find the best businesses to put their money behind are rewarded for their research.

Capital markets reward you for what you learn that other people have yet to ascertain.

Every organization has two choices. Choice one is to grow. Choice two is to die. If you decide not to grow, it's a clear-cut message to talented people that it's time to leave.

Risk is what you make of it.

Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But Im not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. Im interested in the person who can make the right decisions.

We all know that great leaders can create great successes.

We dont have a good legal justification for breaking up the banking system. But if I could wave a magic wand, Id break up the banking system.

There won't be one, single global market. But there will be global investors.

The ability to create same day straight through processing of mutual fund trades is a matter of will.

The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the stop-gap support of the Federal Reserve.

We all know that great leaders can create great successes...success for the Chicago public education fund is to bring great leaders into Chicago's public schools.

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

The Essence Of Success Is Leading Your Business & Life From The Heart

There's a difference, you know, between faith and playing make-believe. One will make you grow. The other one will make you sleep.

My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

I don't think I've ever been as scared in my life as I was to be extraordinarily honest with my kids.

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends.

When Obama ran, he said, We can change the world! The world: can you change it back?!

It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'