The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly read more

The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

It takes all the fun out of a bracelet if you have to buy it yourself.

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence read more

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and read more

There are two things needed in these days; first, for rich men to find out how poor men live; and second, for poor men to know how rich men work.

You can't run a business without taking risks.

You can't run a business without taking risks.

Location, location, location.

Location, location, location.

If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.

If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.

The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then read more

The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then make lots of money with lots of money.