At the end of every day, having a clientele that speaks well of you, that's the largest source of business. I don't care what kind of business you're in. Clients referring us to their friends or relatives is so much more powerful than any advertising we could ever do.

Nobody wants to be passive; indexing is not passive - much more goes into indexing than watching a stock become the next buggy whip.

The nasty little secret was that I couldn't read worth a darn. In my case, I still read very slowly to this moment.

We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact.

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

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

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