Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

If you are born poor it's not your mistake, but if you die poor it's your mistake.

In life and business, there are two cardinal sins: The first is to act precipitously without thought, and the second is to not act at all.

-- Carl Icahn

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

-- Richard Branson

The business of business is people.

-- Herb Kelleher

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

-- Henry Ford

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

-- Henry Ford

What is the root of wealth? Benevolence and moral principle. Unless grounded in right reason, wealth cannot endure.

-- Shibusawa Eiichi