A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don't know?

I've spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy.

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

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

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

In reality, relationships that are successful tend to take the attitude, 'How can I help you?' 'How can I enrich your life?' 'How can I be a better husband to you,' if it's a marriage.

If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart.

Form follows function.

A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.

The idea of having a steady job is appealing.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.