Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal.

At the end of my life, I want to say that I made the world a better place because I raised good children, loved my wife, and empowered entrepreneurs. If I do these things, then I can rest knowing that I made the world a better place.

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.

The secret of evangelism is Guy's golden touch - whatever is gold, Guy touches. That’s very different than saying whatever Guy touches turns gold.

Look back to the old days: people bought an MS DOS machine and struggled with it for weeks to bring it up to speed. Then Apple created Macintosh, struggled a bit with it, but eventually succeeded. Then it went into other businesses. If your company truly wants to change the world, it would make these problems go away for customers.

Let yourself be enchanted in small ways.

An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better.