The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past but also the future.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

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

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn.

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve.