People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

The job isn't to catch up to the status quo; the job is to invent the status quo.

As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.

Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.

Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and produces results.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

You are not your resume, you are your work.

While wisdom dictates the need for education, education does not necessarily make one wise.

I was sweating like Christy Moore at a Feis Ceol, so badly, in fact, I looked like I was sporting a finger moustache as I attempted to rescue suicidal perspiration drops from my upper lip. Classy.

the painter had no need for grammar.words fell from his brushes already knowing where to stand, sit, lie down.

When people say, 'you're so young to be a writer, ' I always reply, 'I started young because I've got a lot to write.

I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.

Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies... the medium doesn't matter, so long as it inspires you.

The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

Hatred is the most destructive force on earth. It does the most damage to those who harbor it.

And you cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.