Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize.

If you're looking for a book that will spike in sales and then go away and then spike again when it comes out in paperback, your normal model, I definitely won't give you that.

The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better today.

I have to have an impact. That's what drives me to practice to make sure my words are clear and my stories are compelling. Right. Because it matters.

Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.

A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.

Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.