I'd rather be respected than loved.

Oprah Winfrey's global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.

I never play golf because it takes too long, and the business connections it produces can be made just as easily over an early breakfast.

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

How absurd that our students tuck their cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPads, and iPods into their backpacks when they enter a classroom and pull out a tattered textbook.