We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

The basic idea is that all things in the universe are intertwined.

It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes.

Anybody can cut prices but it takes brains to produce a better article.

The good thing is I picked a profession that I'm passionate about.

I could be a real jerk on the days I was pitching.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

You can get so many sounds out of one record. Every record can be used in some way.

Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.