Tradition and innovation are not opposites—they're partners in progress.

Success is not about being the best, it's about being better than you were yesterday.

I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart.

Fear of failure paralyzes progress; embrace risks to drive meaningful change.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.