If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.

Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don't embrace the status quo.

If you don't love what you're doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you're not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.

There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true.

We would take something old and tired and common - coffee - and weave a sense of romance and community around it. We would rediscover the mystique and charm that had swirled around coffee throughout the centuries.

Success in the United States is not an entitlement in China. You have to go there and earn it, and earn it the right way.

In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks' position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can - and have, in some cases - been able to educate and influence people.