“By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else. Here, therefore, is the one area where weakness is a disqualification by itself rather than a limitation on performance capacity and strength.”

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Entrepreneurship is risky mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.

Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.

The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.

Effectiveness must be learned.

There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.

Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.

There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.

What’s measured improves.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’t accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively.

It may be difficult to understand why a test comes our way, but we must never forget that the test is accomplishing refining and purification.

As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else’s.

No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

Think back 5 years ago. Think of where you’re at today. Think ahead 5 years and what you want to accomplish. Be Unstoppable.

Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.

Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.