The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

You are the only one who can dream your dreams.

Why should anyone hear the Gospel twice, before everyone has heard it once?

The word courage comes from the French word 'coeur', which means heart. True power proceeds not from force, but from love.

The less you speak, the more you will hear.

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

Blood circulated through her veins with the fluidity of a song that branched off into the most hidden areas of her body and returned to her heart, purified by love.

I'm an atrocious business man, because it's just not the way I think about things. And that's pretty much what all that Grammy/MTV kind of stuff is tied into.

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

I'm a Bookchinite, and nobody has a right to claim that but me.

There is no one, right way to design or develop anything. To a large degree, it needs to reflect the culture  -  especially the innovation culture  -  of a company.