If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.

You have to sit by the side of a river a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth.

Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.

Let's say a startup is hot. It ships something great, and it achieves success. Thus, it's able to attract the best, brightest, and most talented. These people have been told they're the best since childhood. Indeed, being hired by the hot company is "proof" that they are the A and A+ players; in fact, the company is so hot that it can out-recruit Google and Microsoft.

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

Steve [Jobs] proves that it's OK to be an asshole... He just has a different OS.

If you just enchanted one person per day, you would make a big dent in the universe.