There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone...If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.

Kindness is more powerful than compulsion.

It's fun to play around... it's human nature to try to select the right horse... But for the average person, I'm more of an indexer... The predictability is so high... For 10, 15, 20 years you'll be in the 85th percentile of performance. Why would you screw it up?

People succeed at just about anything they're genuinely enthusiastic about.

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

I was once ask if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.