Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.

Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'

The time is always right to do what is right.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

There is nothing permanent except change.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.