In business as in life, sometimes bad things happen to good people, and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But over time, if you play long enough, everybody gets what he deserves - good and bad.

There is no real magic to being a good leader. But at the end of every week, you have to spend your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them.

The reason people come to work for GE, they want to be apart of something bigger than themselves, they want to work for a company that makes a difference, a company that is doing great things in the world.

Values can't just be words on a page. To be effective, they must shape action.

Live with passion. Live with purpose.

Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools - but they must be kept to a minimum.

Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.