IBM is what it is today for three special reasons. The first reason is that, at the very beginning, I had a very clear picture of what the company would look like when it was finally done.

Many people have heard the phrase “correlation doesn’t imply causation,” but what does that mean? The analyses done in the exploratory stage include correlation but not causation.

Balance your extrinsic and intrinsic motivations

Listening is most often the greater problem solving tool than giving advice.

The great myth of “networking” is that you start reaching out to others only when you need something like a job. In reality, people who have the largest circle of contacts, mentors, and friends know that you must reach out to others long before you need anything at all.

The moment you start you reset your life.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

If God invented marriage, then those who enter it should make every effort to understand and submit to his purposes for it.

I have climbed the ladder of success, and as I’m getting near the top rung, I realize that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall. It’s not in money; it’s not in positions. It’s in this family relationship.

When Jesus Christ went to the cross, he was simply acting in character. As C. S. Lewis wrote, when Jesus sacrificed himself for us, he did 'in the wild weather of his outlying provinces' that which from all eternity 'he had done at home in glory and gladness.'