Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.

The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything – you can wait for your pitch.

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Would you rather be the world's greatest lover, but have everyone think you're the world's worst lover? Or would you rather be the world's worst lover but have everyone think you're the world's greatest lover? Now, that's an interesting question.

Our system works. Over time, people will live better and better. We have a system that unleashes human potential, and now China has a system that unleashes human potential. We will have interruptions. We overshoot and undershoot sometimes, but your kids and grandkids will live better than you. Over time, we move ahead at a pretty damn rapid rate.

I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.