I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality

It is much more difficult to measure non-performance than performance. Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non-performance can almost always be explained away

If you keep working you'll last longer. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - - mental, financial you name it.

Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative.

When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.