Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

One percent improvement in 1,000 things is better than a 1,000% improvement in one thing.

Don't 'tolerate' mistakes. Embrace them!

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

Excellence comes from human beings doing things of value that customers find memorable.

What gets measured gets done.

Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

We must preserve our right to think and differ.

Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’

Education is the cornerstone of liberty.

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

If you lose the money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

without equality, there can be no democracy.

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.