“I think good private equity investors create a lot more economic value than they destroy.”

Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.

I’ve seen very few people in the world accomplish anything unless they were optimists.

In the investing business you need a – a high degree of confidence but you also need a high degree of humbleness and you have to balance those two… Humbleness comes from mistakes.

You should surround yourself with people that believe in you, in life, and in business.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

Everyone told me it was a really stupid idea to start my own hedge fund right out of business school. That’s how I knew that it was a good idea.

The untold secret of McDonald’s is that when you sell a restaurant to a franchisee, sales typically go up a lot because the franchisees do a much better job managing the store.

We invest generally in very good companies that have lost their way. And with better management, enormous value can be created.

Ultimately, investors are – are only as good as their track records.

Let me win? That doesn’t exist in my house. No one lets anyone win. Fight to the death.

You can learn investing by reading books.

Investing is one of the few things you can learn on your own.

What motivates people to succeed? Sex. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s the primal driver.

I love what I do. I don’t do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to do well for. I’m a competitive person.

What I love about tennis is that I’m better now than I was when I was 20.

If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.

Yes, the first morning of creation wrote what the last dawn of reckoning shall read.

Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.

Grasping for empty promises creating hazards in the dark. Leaving a mess we can’t clean up all in the name of love.

The world is created for all human beings to enjoy life. Adam did not have a tribe.

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes – where a woman’s personality and sense of style are realized.

Your current thoughts are creating your future life. What you think about the most or focus on the most will appear as your life

You create your future with the power of your intention. Intention is simply the conscious act of determining your future now.

There are no limits to what you can create for you, because your ability to think is unlimited! But you cannot create other people’s lives for them. You cannot think for them, and if you try to force your opinions on others you will only attract like forces to you. So let all others create the life they want.