Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

I was raised to give back. I was born to immigrant parents and was fortunate to become successful at an early age. I've always felt a strong sense of national service to my country, and I may have been able to provide leadership in the political arena. I don't regret the decision not to enter politics, I just wonder sometimes if I could have changed anything.

There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive.

In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.