We have tried to substitute mass for purpose. We have tried to regain military potency of defense by making it gigantic, unwieldy, complex. It never works.

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.

The individual is the central, rarest, most precious capital resource of our society.

The real development I've seen of people in organizations, especially in big ones, comes from their being volunteers in a nonprofit organization - where you have responsibility, you see results, and you quickly learn what your values are. There is no better way to understand your strengths and discover where you belong than to volunteer in a nonprofit. That is probably the great opportunity for the social sector - and especially in its relationship to business.

Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.

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.

Every success creates new opportunities. So does every failure.