Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body; they are not the point of life, but without them, there is no life.

Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

Great vision without great people is irrelevant.

Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.

Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.

Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.

True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility.

If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.

The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.

Many of the most powerful things in life are not tangible. All it takes is for you to close your eyes to see.

You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.

The only power desirable is the grace to pray.

I have learnt that we expect honesty and genuineness from others, while not being honest and genuine with our own self.

I will erase every memory of every man you have ever been with, good and bad.

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

For me, when I watch something without music, I'm instantly thinking, "Okay, what am I going to do here? How am I going to convey this?" I take notes and really think about that.

There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, discrimination, ethnic inequality etc.

Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.