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.

The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe.

If we were good at everything we would have no need for each other.

You have to have a patience for exercise.

When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.

It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.

Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.