I imagine God to be like my father. My father was always the voice of certainty in my life. Certainty in the wisdom, certainty in the path, certainty always in God. For me God is certainty in everything. Certainty that everything is good and everything is God.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man.

The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body.

Work isn't to make money; you work to justify life.

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice.

Example is leadership.