If our society continues at its present rate to become less livable as it becomes more affluent, we promise all to end up in sumptuous misery.

Perhaps the most striking feature of the [nonprofit] sector is its relative freedom from constraints and its resulting pluralism.

All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

Whoever I am, or whatever I am doing, some kind of excellence is within my reach.

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

The world loves talent but pays off on character.