I think I shot 78 one time. My golf game is so overrated.

Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do.

She believes that going too far is wrong. Yet she's not trying to prove her point; she's just living it out.

How would you describe your personality?" Look for how accurately the person describes what you are observing and how introspective he is. Smart people generally know themselves and find it interesting to talk about their behavioral strengths and weaknesses. People who seem stumped or surprised by this question might not be terribly smart when it comes to people.

tendency of team members to seek out individual recognition and attention at the expense of results

The questions were, 'What did you accomplish?' 'What will you accomplish next?' 'How can you improve?'" "That's it?" "Not quite. The question on the back was, 'Are you embracing the values?

In our world, you sink or swim, and there are no excuses.

pointy-haired boss doesn't mind if his company gets their ass kicked, so long as no one can prove it's his fault.

When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.

If I must be faithful to someone or something, I have, first of all, have to be faithful to myself.

In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.