“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”

“He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of negotiation.”

“Worldly wisdom teaches that is it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.”

“The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition."

“Good strategy requires leaders who are willing and able to say no to a wide variety of actions and interests. Strategy is at least as much about what an organization does not do as it is about what it does.”