I've always tried to coach people the way I would like to be coached; positively and encouragingly rather than with criticism and fear ... I've tried to be as fair as possible.

Integrity doesn't come in degrees: low, medium, or high. You either have integrity or you don't.

It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.

You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.

We often can't see what God is doing in our lives, but God sees the whole picture and His plan for us clearly.

Success is uncommon and not to be enjoyed by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people because we want to be successful, not average.

I said all along that God is in control.

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

Things will go wrong at times. You can't always control your attitude, approach, and response. You options are to complain or to look ahead and figure out how to make the situation better

Courage is the ability to do the right thing, all the time, no matter how painful or uncomfortable it might be.

Wisdom is bestowed by the Creator.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are respected, and where our people enjoy all the benefits of democratic institutions.

They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldnt be.

Every donation received is a potential negative ad. Vetting money is just as important as raising it.

Time can't be managed. I merely manage activities. Each night, I write down on a sheet of paper a list of the things I have to accomplish the next day. And when I wake up ... I do them.

I've been in a long and happy relationship for 22 years and it's never inspired me to write anything. It's too good - nothing to say. Problems, conflict, that's what makes for good stories.

You train your man to do nothing.

I could meet dreadful people and end up seeing the world through their eyes, seeing their frailties, their needs.

When we sing the blues, we're singin' out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then we sing or maybe even hum the blues.