In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world.

Interestingly, koi, when put in a fish bowl, will only grow up to three inches. When this same fish is placed in a large tank, it will grow to about nine inches long.

Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do.

We all hit bumps. But we're not defined by the bumps, we're defined by how we respond to those bumps.

The best lesson we can teach our children is to have fun. It's infectious, it's contagious.

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

What great leaders have in common is that each truly knows his or her strengths - and can call on the right strength at the right time.

Decisive is definite.

If you want to control other people, first control yourself.

It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.

Just because Iran and Syria may recognize Assad's weaknesses doesn't necessarily mean that Assad recognizes his weaknesses.

[ Rajiv Gandhi] was such an infinitely more attractive leader than his mother.

I live for makeup and I like wine. These are my truths!

Dreams can be like charades in which we act out words rather than see or speak them.

In terms of myself, I said from the very beginning that I wanted to work in the management of Citigroup and I didn't want to be a CEO, ... That's not what I want to do with myself at the moment.