Ross Perot — American Businessman born on June 27, 1930,

Henry Ross Perot is an American businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the Reform party presidential candidate in 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988. Perot Systems was bought by Dell for $3.9 billion in 2009... (wikipedia)

The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.
If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.
Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.
Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.