A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

You cry and you scream and you stomp your feet and you shout. You say, 'You know what? I'm giving up, I don't care.' And then you go to bed and you wake up and it's a brand new day, and you pick yourself back up again.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Every year around Christmas and Thanksgiving, I buy a bunch of toys for the sick children in the oncology center at the St. Louis Children's Hospital. I really love giving back and putting a smile on their faces, especially during the holidays.

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine.

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom's homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.

Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

The time is always right to do what is right.

As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.

I love my wife, she deserves anything and everything.

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.