There is a place in the world for anyone in the world who says, "I'll take care of it."

Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.

Are you worried about pressure? I look at it this way: Pressure is having to do something you are not totally prepared to do.

Most business problems can be solved if you can teach yourself to look beyond the dollar sign.

It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice. You don't know who your top customers will be five years from now or where you will be in 10 years. You may have a fancy title, but you will always need help from the people around you.

Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.

It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.