Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work or friendship - two of life's major assets.

Watching John Lasseter's films I think I can understand better than anyone that what he's doing is going straight ahead with his vision and working really hard to get that vision into film form. And I feel that my understanding this of him is my friendship towards him.

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

To finance this trade deficit the U.S. has to borrow from the rest of the world or sell American assets like stocks businesses and real estate to the rest of the world.

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets because if you held a bond suddenly the bond was worth much less money than it was before.

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.

After all sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words keeping the asset whole rather than undermining your natural capital.

On the other hand the American public possesses a great resilience and strength and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.

If you have ideas you have the main asset you need and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.