The gorilla study illustrates two important facts about our minds: we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.

It is a strange and beautiful eccentricity of the free God that He has allowed His heart to be emotionally identified with men. Self-sufficient as He is, He wants our love and will not be satisfied till He gets it. Free as He is, He has let His heart be bound to us forever

Developing mental strength is about improving your ability to regulate your emotions, manage your thoughts, and behave in a positive manner, despite your circumstances.

Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.

Innovation accounting enables startups to prove objectively that they are learning how to grow a sustainable business.

I want salespeople who will stay with me forever. Other kinds of employees are different. If they don’t keep moving up in the organization, sooner or later they’re going to be overpaid.

It’s not what you preach, it’s what you tolerate.

The ultimate goal of all this was to help the people I cared about be more successful without me, which was becoming increasingly pressing as life’s milestones continued to remind me of my stage in life.

The Banker Rarely there for early stages. Bankers are useful for deals that include a partial recapitalization by a financial sponsor, such as a private-equity firm, or for acquisitions.

And the greatest grace God can give such a man is to send him a trial he cannot bear with his own powers—and then sustain him with his grace so he may endure to the end and be saved.