History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself, measures his worth, and his humanity.

The enterprise, by definition, must be capable of producing more or better than all the resources that comprise it.

Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.

Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.

The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs.

We can't make people better by trying to eliminate their weaknesses, but we can help then perform better by building on their strengths.