It was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge.

Loyalty saves the wear and tear of making daily decisions as to what is best to do.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

It is a common mistake to think of failure as the enemy of success. Failure is a teacher-a harsh one, but the best. Pull your failures to pieces looking for the reason. Put your failure to work for you.

Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity.

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.