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

Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself - not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

The real achiever do one thing at a time.

In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.

It is commonly believed that innovations create changes - but few ever do. Successful innovations exploit changes that have already happened.

Conductors do not know how the oboe does its work, but they know what the oboe should contribute.

The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business.