All the perks, all the benefits and advantages you may get for the rank or position you hold, they aren’t meant for you. They are meant for the role you fill. And when you leave your role, which eventually you will, they will give the ceramic cup to the person who replaces you. Because you only ever deserved a Styrofoam cup.

Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what is easy.

Some see risk as a reason not to try. Some see it as an obstacle to overcome. The risk is the same; to try or not depends on your perspective.

You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

You [should] persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty, because it's the right thing to do.

Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful.