The principal motivation was to find a way to deal with all the beetle-kill trees and reduce fuel-loading in the forest. Our study showed it looked feasible from a technical as well as an economic viewpoint.

One of my teammates said that my most recent adversaries do the shit that they do just to get a rise out of me. But that's a good thing, because the only rise that they're getting out of me is my ability to rise to any challenge that I need to conquer in my career.

You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power.

It takes a habit to replace a habit.

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.

to discover the deep sources of his character and motivation; what makes him exceptional as well as what makes him real... Where he got his unusual ideas about leadership, management and the creative process... How he had been changed by his years of wealth and celebrity and by his years of struggle and failure.