"Autonomy gives people ownership and pride. In ideal situations, new ventures with strong leaders should have all their own tools, like their own R & D, sales, and marketing teams. They should be allowed to place their own audacious bets on people and strategies." - Jack Welch

"A couple of months in the laboratory can save a couple of hours in the library." - Frank H. Westheimer

"Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon." - Winston Churchill

"Forecasts usually tell us more of the forecaster than of the future." - Warren Buffett

“Any organization — or unit or team — that brings more people and their minds into the conversation has an immediate advantage.” – Jack Welch

“The leader’s mood is, for lack of a better word, catching. You’ve seen the dynamic a hundred times: an upbeat manager who goes through the day with a positive outlook somehow ends up running a team or organization filled with... well, upbeat people with positive outlooks. A pessimistic sourpuss somehow ends up with an unhappy tribe all his own. Unhappy tribes have a tough time winning.” – Jack Welch

"Only those willing to continually see things from new perspectives can have regular access to the truth." - Tom Butler-Bowdon

"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." - Alfred Adler