How long should you try? Until.
Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
