"There is no friend as loyal as a book."

"In order to write about life first you must live it."

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."

"Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but the test of their validity."

"Free enterprise cannot be justified as being good for business. It can be justified only as being good for society."

"Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right."

"The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make."

"The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action."

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work."

"Management is about human beings."

"Communication is what the listener does."

"Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes."

"There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all."

"Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level."

"The new realities rarely fit the old map."