What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life

There are two parts to influence: First, influence is powerful; and second, influence is subtle. You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it.

Never mistake the power of influence

We need a variety of input and influence and voices. You cannot get all the answers to life and business from one person or from one source.

A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late.

Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.

I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, Twenty-Six dollars for a blank book! Why would you pay that? The reason I pay twenty-six dollars is to challenge myself to find something worth twenty-six dollars to put in there. All my journals are private, but if you ever got hold of one of them, you wouldn't have to look very far to discover it is worth more than twenty-six dollars