Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered what I call the fact-founded, thought-through approach to decision making.

There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards.

Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.

If you are not willing to take pain to live by your principles, there is no point in having principles.

A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills.

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.

Decisions should be based on facts, objectively considered.

The course of business shapes public opinion.

We want clean air, clean water, good living conditions, the best health care in the world. Yet we aren't willing to pay for anything manufactured under those restrictions.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state and so is most beneficial to us.

Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.

I'm not ambitious. Not a bit.

I'm lucky to be alive. It took three years of therapy to recover but I did it.

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

Sooner or later, the market will do what it has to do to prove the majority wrong.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

Never try to make Americans or foreigners feel at home - had they wished to feel at home, they would have remained in their own county.