Fragments of Clarity

“We have a ’strategic’ plan. It’s called doing things.”

–Herb Kelleher

“Business success is all about identifying patterns.”

–Margaret Heffernan

3 steps forward and 2 steps back is still progress.

“…The A students work for the B students, the C students run the companies, and the D students dedicate the buildings.”

–The Mother of Paul Orfalea, Founder of Kinko’s

“No great task will ever be undertaken if all possible objections must first be overcome.”

–Nathan Cummings

“If a guy has a really good success pattern, I’ll go along with him if he says he can go to the moon on Scotch tape.”

–Raymond Herzog, former CEO of 3M

“Elementary self-analysis tells me that I will not be capable of less than all-out effort to achieve a publicly proclaimed goal to people who have entrusted their capital to me.”

–Warren Buffett