“I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.”

If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.

If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.

Don’t teach talent that isn’t there.

Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.

I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you’re quoted in the ‘Wall Street Journal,’ the ‘New York Times,’ constantly as the expert in the business people assume you’re a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.

When you’re a big money earner and your husband isn’t, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or ‘Mrs. Higgins.

I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.

My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.

If you want to be noticed, dress the part.

Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.

I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.

If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you’ll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!

After two years of hard work and debate, Congress has passed a highway bill that will help fuel our economy by creating roughly 500,000 new jobs, as well as address many critical transportation needs in Ohio and the 18th Congressional District.

I do my podcast on Mondays for a specific reason. A lot of people go to work and don’t like their jobs. If you give people something to laugh about, it’s good.

The story of Detroit’s bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment.

There was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.

Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labors monuments and statues are when a young person can find a job, when a person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.

Jobs that cannot be delivered must never be promised. It’s unfair to raise people’s hopes that way.

Back of the job-the dreamer Who’s making the dream come true!

The whole time I was a union leader, we had to put up with John Howard and Tony Abbott attacking workers’ conditions.