"Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death."

"Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little."

"Management is nothing more than motivating other people."

"I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers."

"It is a quiet truth that rise early, act with intent, and let your accomplishments speak with silent authority."

"It is a unyielding truth that do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me."

"And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot.But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans."