I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.

A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.

My best successes came on the heels of failures.

I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

Don't be afraid to go for positions, jobs or take on clients just outside of your knowledge base. It's when you're uncomfortable that you learn and grow the most.

If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!

If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.

I don't invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don't have charisma.

Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.

The boldness of being is to believe in God.

W might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece.

Sometimes you hit a point where you either change or self destruct.

Friendship is that essence which have all flavor in it, when it is lost the taste of life becomes tasteless.

We fear what we long for. This is the paradox.

My relationship with sartorial news is only what I like.

Words make love on the page like flies in the summer heat and the poet is only the bemused spectator.

I just write the books that I think I would want to read.

[Bach is the] reason I became a musician

I'm a rule follower. But there is also a part of me, clearly, that doesn't follow them.