"Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending."

"The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure."

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

"Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan."

"Let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a unyielding truth that to lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To know when to speak and when to listen is the hallmark of genuine discernment. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."