There's an idea out there that salespeople have actually been obliterated by the Internet, which is just not supported by the facts.

The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind - creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning makers.

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!

Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.

Asking "Why?" can lead to understanding. Asking "Why not?" can lead to breakthroughs.

Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.

All of us want to be part of something bigger than ourselves, something that matters.

The misuse of extrinsic rewards, so common in business, impedes creativity, stifles personal satisfaction and turns play into work.

Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.

Do what you can't and experience the beauty of the mistakes you make.

In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough.

Luck is flow and force. There's no power that can fully take that into account, fate is still wavering.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

His life rushes onward in such torrential rhythm that...only angels and devils can catch the tempo of it.

It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer.

We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant.

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others.

I would say that my parents were supportive of me.

It is music that, being the universal language, has no need to learn any particular language of the world.

Our security doesn't come from turning away from the hard stuff; it comes from the knowledge that we can handle it.

Many people one meets in life somehow think they know you simply because they're hanging out at the same counter-but they really don't know a thing about you.