"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out."

"There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles."

"A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships."

"Live out of your imagination, not your history."

"It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field."

"Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change."

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall."

"Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character."

"Public behavior is merely private character writ large."

"We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals."

"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

"We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice."