Success cannot be measured in wealth, fame or power, but by whether you have made a positive difference for others.

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.

If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

Books were a dependable pleasure. I read more then than I ever was able to read again until now when I am too old to work much and am mostly alone.

One man carries salvation and damnation from the desert.

If she's not alright, I'm going to rip out his heart and eat it." I nodded. "You really shouldn't eat raw meat, " Chubs said.

The audience is never wrong.

I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story, but you have to make up the story.

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

I like to think that the stuff I do is oftentimes collaborative, so to have other people in it felt natural.

I think that personality traits that come through when somebody is really sincere is what makes them beautiful.

Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.