"Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do."

"The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people."

"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."

"If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it."

"If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving."

"The seeds of triumph are sown in the quiet mornings when no one is watching. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses."

"If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are."