That's the first rule for anybody who controls - do no harm.

Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

A truly free society is based on a vision of respect for people and what they value.

Success is one of the worst enemies of success, because success tends to breed complacency and lack of humility.

To do meaningful work is to contribute - to create value in society.

We must measure what leads to results, not simply what is easy to measure.

When everyone gets something for nothing, soon no one will have anything, because no one will be producing anything.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

If you never failed, then you're probably not doing very much.

A classical liberal is someone who wants a society that maximizes peace, civility, tolerance, and well-being for everyone. One that opens opportunities for everyone to advance themselves.

Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always beyond our grasp but if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.

Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.

You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.

A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.

I'm of the mind that your private life is private and you don't need to put everything out there about yourself - but on there, I describe myself as a citizen of the world, a man of music.

Is there in the whole world a being who would have the right to forgive and could forgive?

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

Food is strength, and food is peace, and food is freedom, and food is a helping hand to people around the world whose good will and friendship we want.

Any game looks straight if everyone is being cheated at once.

We are free to fight sin, and free to win; but we must still fight.