The greatest gift of leadership is a boss who wants you to be successful.

I don’t embrace excuses. I embrace solutions.

Can I be cocky for a second? If I hit a home run 80 percent of the times, and you want to talk about the 20 times I miss swinging the bat, I’m okay with that.

If you had a dime for every excuse you made, I wouldn't have to be here right now.

If you're not passionate, you achieve mediocrity

Your ‘brand’ is what your customers think of you, not what you think of you.

When I get angry, it's with purpose. My purpose is to solve a problem. And I never lose sight of that.

When I talk to idiots, I get loud!

Fixing bars is easy. Fixing people is tough.

I'm very involved in all of my social media activities. I'm not an actor. I play myself, and I take that very seriously.

No matter how far society “progresses,” our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.

Your best authorial self is always one about to ruin the story.

Having a good definition of spiritual leadership is critical to developmentof leadership cultural throughout your church. You need to know what you areshooting for if you are going to hit the target.

With each tweet, post, share and comment, we are building and adding to our digital iceberg.

CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'

I had lost too much of the heart and all the faith needed to stay afloat in a job where every human encounter felt like an anvil strung around my neck just when I thought I was nearing the shore.

I'm not recognised much at all.

Diplomacy is much more than just talking to your friends... You've got to talk to people who aren't our friends, and even people you dislike.

More free time means more time to waste. The worker who used to have only a little time in which to get drunk and beat his wife now has time to get drunk, beat his wife - and watch TV.

Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences.

I like to write about love plus an obstacle. Not a really big obstacle; not too serious and not too funny. Just somewhere nicely in between - a combination of the two.