It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.

In business, you're trying to make a buck. God was good to me and blessed me. I made some money and started this foundation years ago, and it has grown in size. With the foundation it's a lot different, because the bottom line isn't how you can make more money or get a better return, it's helping the projects that you feel strongly about move forward.

The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments

You can't have a country or a city or a state that's worth a damn unluss you govern within yourself in your day-to-day life.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?

If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.