The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.
Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus.
Work hard. . . have fun. . . be nice. . . play fair. . . dream big. We only get one chance at this life. If you're going to play this game, play it to win.
I like to invest in people that I like to hang with.
People who succeed in life have a need for something greater than themselves.
A goal without a deadline is just a dream.
The best way to get past doubt and inexperience is simply action.
It is so easy to be wrong-and to persist in being wrong-when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.
Words can wound, and wounds can heal.
The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.
There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.