Good people need room to develop. They have to find their own voice . . . each IBMer is a businessperson working within the framework of the company structure.

A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.

The ultimate compliment a customer can make to an organization about one of its marketing people is: "I'm not sure whether your sales rep works for me or for you."

. . . the world is filled with the kind of customers who deserve the care and attention I advocate, and I'd be willing to jump through hoops to win and keep them.

. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .

Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives.

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.

People buy products for what they can do, not for what they are.

IBM doesn't want its people to get frustrated and restless because it has them reaching for carrots they can't quit

While every body wants it, most don't want to give it.

First, there is the law. It must be obeyed. But the law is the minimum. You must act ethically.

When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was. You'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe pain is nature's way of saying, 'You're still alive, and life sucks.'

I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms.

Following Christ isn't something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.

Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.

The apathy of the modern voter is the confusion of the modern reformer.

Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken seriously.

The link between rational individual behavior and collectively desirable outcomes is extremely tenuous.

No! I don’t want to Ouija, or do the pendulum thing, and I swear if I see one tarot card or rune stone I’ll yack cupcake all over you. (Grace)

A lot of artists write about the same things their whole career.