"The necessity of weighing right from wrong on a regular basis turned out to be the best therapy I ever had."
Chap. 1, p. 8

"From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own."
Chap. 2, p. 21

"The Whiz Kids brought the Ford Motor Company into the twentieth century. They set up a system of controls so that for the first time each operation in the company could be measured in terms of profit and loss - and each manager could now be held responsible for the financial success or failure of his own area...