Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter or more experienced or more creative. But everyone should be heard and respected.

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

Be candid with everyone.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Change before you have to.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

you are good when you strive to give of yourself.

...I think I might die if I don't kiss you right now. A real-life kiss.

Meat is a big deal in my life. I do love breakfast food, but I don't think that's extraordinary. I'm a normal American. We love eggs and meat and potatoes and gravy.

Wherever God has given faith, it is given, among other reasons, for the very purpose of being tried.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

I just always felt I'd be playing football in the NFL - or at least playing for a living.

If you do not overcome your tendency to give up easily, your life leads to nothing.

The man who has ceased to learn ought not to be allowed to wander around loose in these dangerous days.

I grew up in a small place and left it when I was quite young and entered the bigger world.

It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.