There is no longer a doubt that women are just as competent as men. Gender differences are guided by nurture, as society treats boys and girls differently from an early age.

Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to the task at hand.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing.

Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won’t win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

The day you become humble is the day you become successful.

Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option.

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.

The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.

Think so big, so audacious that people will think you are crazy.

Success is not how much money you have in a bank. Success is how many lives you have touched.

Stay focused on the mission.

A new age is approaching, and its advent might make us pray to go back to the days of the trenches. Once the Worldwaker goes off, we will never be able to sleep again.

In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.

I'm the son of a pediatrician, and I do believe that the most important resource we have is our kids. And I think the most important thing for America's future is to invest more in our children.

Everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in life becomes: What are you going to do while you're here

To an outsider, I just seem like a list of accomplishments. To me, all there is is how often I fail.

The humblest workman has his place, Which no one else can fill.

Life ain't a concept. Music is not a concept. My titles are poetic abstractions of something that is with me all the time, not necessarily in music, but in life. Everybody's life.

It would be creepy if you knew my home address.

Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.