"Of course, chaos can lead to failure and extinction. But so can order. Far more nations, people, and ideas die of atrophy than die from revolution. Both order and chaos are necessary ingredients for long run success - for sustainability."

"Professor Khupe felt his chest swell with pride. It was doing so without his encouragement. If an electrical fault had stopped the elevator from rising, his inflating ego would have powered the remainder of their journey to the twenty-second floor."

"William James described success as a combination of two things. An inner ideal which is followed persistently with courage and Outer achievement related to that ideal."

"There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it."

"Having been raised in a poor family makes part of who I am, but it determines not my future nor my destiny,it doesn't define who I will become, I am a rich man, I am a winner, I am the author of my own success or failure-God forbid failure, I shall prosper-so help me God."

"The art of dealing with people is the foremost secret of successful men. A man's success in handling people is the very yardstick by which the outcome of his whole life's work is measured."