You know a good board when you see one.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

Who you are, what your values are, what you stand forthey are your anchor, your north star. You won't find them in a book. You'll find them in your soul.

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.

Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

As much as it's sometimes hard to make choices about where you invest, it's equally hard to make choices about where you don't invest and what you eliminate.

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

A good reputation is better than great riches.

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education

It is not the State that orders us; but it is we who order the State!

Before every action ask yourself. Will this bring more monkeys on my back. Will the result of my action be a blessing or a heavy burden?

What it comes down to is intense desire. To get this winning edge, you need to build an indomitable will. This means you must be relentless; you must never give up.

If the historian will be faithful to the photograph, the photograph will be faithful to history.

Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances

I can't edit live as meticulously as I can for an album.

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

He's become like that briefcase in the ground-full of gems yet void of light, so nothing sparkles, nothing shines.