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.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
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?
Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long they have departed.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become
Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
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.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
How long should you try? Until.
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.
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.
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
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.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
