While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

Work could cure almost anything

I'm a hopeless prayer. I think somewhere in there I spend a great deal of time at it.

No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.

It is time. You must lead. Ultimately everyone must at some time lead.

Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.

You'd better have the technology knowledge. I really urge you not to think you can start a whole company and business with just ideas on paper, because you'll end up owning so few of those ideas.