Michael E. Gerber

"If you understand the technical work of a business, you understand a business that does that technical work."

"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next."

"I see an entrepreneur as the chief designer of a business that works better than any other."

"The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost."

"Contrary to popular belief, my experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more."

"Rather than being their greatest single asset, knowing to do the technical (professional) work of the business becomes their greatest single liability."

"Great people have a vision of their lives that they practice emulating each and every day. They go to work on their lives, not just in their lives."