Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.

Indeed, the real question is not, "Why greatness?" but "What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?" if you have to ask the question, "Why should we try to make it great? Isn't success enough?" then you're probably int he wrong line of work.

A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.

Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness.

Good is the enemy of great. And that's one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.

Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.

The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.