The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

All the men I know add that “hands that prepared it” line. They must know it’s right complimentary, an incentive to keep the women cooking.

There is something about sales that is universal

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion if we want to be happy.

I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel room. I wheel my own wardrobe in and that's it.

Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field.

I'm a big believer in pose some questions and then answer a few of them before you move onto the next set of questions.

My ideal office wouldn't have a chair. You would do two things there: stand up or lie down. These are the body's most natural positions.

Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.

There is change by necessity or adaptation, and there is contrived change or novelty.

Your vivid, exciting companionship in the office must not be your audience, you must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.