You cannot have your news instantly and have it done well. You cannot have your news reduced to 140 characters or less without losing large parts of it. You cannot manipulate the news but not expect it to be manipulated against you. You cannot have your news for free; you can only obscure the costs. If as a culture we can learn this lesson, and if we can learn to love the hard work, we will save ourselves much trouble and collateral damage. We must remember: There is no easy way.

An entrepreneur is someone with faith in their ability to make something where there was nothing before.

Ordinary people shy away form negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. They turn personal tragedy or misfortune - really anything, everything - to their advantage.

Dollar for dollar there is no better investment in the world than a book

Failure shows us the way - by showing us what isn't the way.

The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

True will is quiet humility, resilience, and flexibility; the other kind of will is weakness disguised by bluster and ambition.