Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

If youth knew; if age could.

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

I admire my father greatly.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

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

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.

Marriage is a very sacred institution and should not be degraded by allowing every other type of relationship to be made equivalent to it.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.