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.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
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.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
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.
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
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?
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.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
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.
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become
