Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.

I’m not afraid to take a swing and miss.

There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.

A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.

Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.

My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.

I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal.

Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.

Gratitude for me is waking up each day, and being able to make a difference in somebody’s life.

But, Elizabeth, what we have, what is between us, will never be over.

Threaten the balances of justice and you threaten the potential enlargements of mind and soul. Therefore justice is part of the safeguarding of the heart.

I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.

Rockers are the nicest people to photograph. They have no inhibitions.

Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.

Global warming competes with cancer and competes with AIDS for a finite amount of money. Nobody ever won that fight by saying: My issue isn't important.

The past has revealed to me the structure of the future.

Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.

I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours.