If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes.

People don't rise from nothing.

Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

I should point out that I have a picture of Asbel Kiprop as the screensaver on my phone. Is that embarrassing?

The Rule of 150 says that congregants of a rapidly expanding church, or the members of a social club, or anyone in a group activity banking on the epidemic spread of shared ideals needs to be particularly cognizant of the perils of the bigness. Crossing the 150 line is a small change that can make a big difference.

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.