The people you listen to are a preview of the future you.

Your life moves to a better place when you move at a sustainable pace

Who is in your life asking you the tough questions?

Excellence requires us to prepare in advance.

I truly feel that food is a celebration of life. It's the most important, most valuable gift that God gave humans.

Listen more than you talk.

Walk humbly but walk confidently. People want to follow confident, humble leaders.

I hire talented, creative, passionate learners who have a history of turning intention into reality.

Attempt something so great for God that it is doomed to fail unless God is in it, and you're in it as well.

Fundraising requires looking someone eye-to-eye and say, "Will you help me" and don't say another thing. Just listen to them.

We've got to build scale. We're going to hire the best people, build the best systems, and find solutions.

It's always to soon to quit!

I wear Spanx to smooth things out. I read that Jessica Alba wears them and if she wears them, then so should I.

All relationships are your mirrors and all people are your teachers.

Eating meat is not your personal decision, any more than, you know, whether somebody beats their child is their personal decision.

The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.

All our institutions rest upon business. Without it we should not have schools, colleges, churches, parks, playgrounds, pavements, books, libraries, art, music, or anything else that we value.

People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment.

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

New material demands new methods, and new methods fling a challenge to old convention.

You can only elevate individual performance by elevating that of the entire system.