Deliver total quality to every customer every day.

There are no strangers in Freemasonry, only friends you've yet to meet.

Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

Hard work is good for the soul, and it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself because you don’t have time.

What’s the secret to success? It’s no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.

Opportunities don't knock at all. They don't have to, they're already all around us. It's up to us to see where they are and take advantage of them.

The more you give to others, the more you get in return.

You earn your reputation by the things you do every day.

Don't be afraid to be unique or speak your mind, because that's what makes you different from everyone else.

It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and theyll keep coming back.

Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we’re all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers’ expectations every day.

The way your curious eyes were chasing mine when I stood in front of you, I knew I had known these eyes before.

Kate [DiCamillo] tends to be more reluctant about change. I convinced her to give it a try and she came over.

Literature is not a sack race. There aren't real winners and losers in the Republic of Letters.

...it is business that can exercise the fastest degree of change by seeing the opportunity rather than the threat

The nature of a coward is to avoid death. If such a man courts peril there can be only two reasons. Either he is not a coward at all or there is no danger.

Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.

I want to give my kids the world, but I also want them to appreciate everything, to succeed, to be good people, to enjoy life. This is my most important role. If I fail at this, I fail at everything.

I always loved aesthetics. Not particularly fashion, but an idea of beauty.

Stockbrokers aren't too interested in a stock you can sit there for five years with.

One example is worth a thousand arguments.