The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning.

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.

I wish I could close my eyes and be blown into dust and nothingness, feel all my thoughts disperse like dandelion fluff drifting off on the wind.

When I was really young, I can remember being into fashion, but I was really into horses and sports.

Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.

Help the companion who is insecure; perhaps they do not have enough to supply their needs, while you retain an excess.

All girls should feel beautiful.

Being interested in a woman is quite another matter from being in love with one.

I'm not observant, personally, but if I ever see a priest resurrect the dead before my eyes I promise to revisit my atheism.

You do not grow stronger by accident - you grow stronger by intention.

You can win the Champions League in the worst season.

If I had to do it all over again, I would do it all over again.