Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.

A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.

By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.

Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.

One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.

Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.

A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.

When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.