What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers.

Get mad, then get over it.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

We're all God's children.

I was attorney general; my name is Meese. I say, go to college. Don't carry a piece.

I don't want to be too 'classic' because it's not in the DNA of Gucci. You need to be a little bit provocative.

Patience is grossly underestimated.

Forgiveness is a sacrifice. You're giving up being right about something, whether you're right or wrong about it.

I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.

At its fundamentally flawed core, the aim of almost any learning program is to help us become who we are not.

It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's a good country to write from because in many ways Canada is the world.