Thomas J. Watson

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.

God has always worked wonders through his prophets to increase the faith of His chosen people or to correct their disobedience.

Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.