Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Have you heard that a smile is the shortest distance between people? I love that! There is nothing like a genuine smile to create a first impression with positive impact.

It's a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day.

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.

I hope that having my life and having an education will lengthen my career.

I think my mouth just opens and I spontaneously say things that occur to me.

Music: what so many sentences aspire to be.

My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.

Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.

The humble latrine, or flush toilet, reduces disease by twice as much as just putting in clean water.