The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

There is a little bit of me infused in every character I play.

When asked what he would do if he knew the world would end tomorrow, Martin Luther said, "I would plant a tree."

Happiness is a natural state of being.

Please, I don't want anybody to think I'm starving, I'm not. My health is perfect, actually.

Braai Day is a slap in the face of our efforts to regain who we are. And should make any self respecting South African cringe.

It's disappointing to have lost - that's the bee's knees of it.

If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over.