My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's actually what I aspired to be.

Turnaround or growth, it's getting your people focused on the goal that is still the job of leadership.

I have zero tolerance for people who don't come completely prepared. I expect contribution, I expect attendance, and I expect directors to take trips and visit the company's programs.

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

Who you are, what your values are, what you stand forthey are your anchor, your north star. You won't find them in a book. You'll find them in your soul.

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don’t know it all and never will.

Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. When you've got that going for you, I think it's a very powerful way to implement change.

When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling.

As much as it's sometimes hard to make choices about where you invest, it's equally hard to make choices about where you don't invest and what you eliminate.

You have to live the mission... love what you do.

If people read poetry, they would be happier.

The ability to withstand the flinch comes with the knowledge that the future will be better than the past.

There is a difference between a church that prays and a praying church. One has prayer programs. The other develops a prayer culture.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

You can't really accurately diagnose someone, I think. Or I've been told that.

I kept quiet for eight years. I did not want to hurt the church.

Israel has incredible entrepreneurial spirit and a deep bench of technology talent.

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.

Classical music is a genre of music. It's no more complex or less complex than pop music or R&B. The elitism is weird.

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!