We depend on you to do the right thing; right for both you and the company. It is no exaggeration to say that IBM's reputation is in your hands.

A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.

The ultimate compliment a customer can make to an organization about one of its marketing people is: "I'm not sure whether your sales rep works for me or for you."

. . . the world is filled with the kind of customers who deserve the care and attention I advocate, and I'd be willing to jump through hoops to win and keep them.

. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .

Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives.

Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.

People buy products for what they can do, not for what they are.

IBM doesn't want its people to get frustrated and restless because it has them reaching for carrots they can't quit

While every body wants it, most don't want to give it.

First, there is the law. It must be obeyed. But the law is the minimum. You must act ethically.

With high hope and optimism, start swimming with time.

I stopped paying the price for success and started enjoying the price for success.

SakeThe jewel which brightly shines at nightIs precious, but cannot measure up To the delights of drinking sake, Drowning one's troubles in the cup. Otomo no Tabito

The Atonement of Christ is the most transcendental event that has ever occurred or that will ever occur, since the sunrise of creation to all ages of eternity

Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.

It is important to acknowledge all your feelings and not beat yourself up for having them. Your feelings are not good or bad, they just are.

Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

You can learn a line from a win and a book from a defeat.

For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.