If an enterprise does not aspire to be the best of its kind, it will attract second-rate employees, and it will be soon forgotten.

It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.

There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world

One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself.

When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. They become rigid and defensive, and their self stops growing.

The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment.

It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly.