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Information without execution is poverty.
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The past doesn't equal the future. All great leaders, all people who have achieved in any area of life, know the power of continuously pursuing their vision, even if all the details of how to achieve it aren't yet available
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At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.
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If you are driven by certainty you can't grow. If you are driven by certainty if somebody messes with you, you can get very intense, even violent, depending upon the person's personality.
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You and I must realize that the English language is filled with words that, in addition to their literal meanings, convey distinct emotional intensity. For example, if you develop a habit of saying you 'hate' things - you 'hate' your hair; you 'hate' your job; you 'hate' having to do something - do you think this raises the intensity of your negative emotional states more than if you use a phrase like 'I prefer something else'?
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Why wait to be memorable?
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The kind of person other people perceive you to be controls their responses to you.
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Personal power involves producing success through modeling what works and taking consistent action towards your goals. At the same time, you have to internalize behavioral and belief changes in order to take the necessary action to produce the results. It's been said that successful people do what others won't, and that if you believe you can or you believe you can't, you're right. Both of those statements are true.
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It doesn't matter what you achieve, if you don't keep growing you'll feel dead.
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Success without happiness is failure.
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We don't get our shoulds, we get our musts.
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The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
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I always believe leaders are readers, so you've got to read 30 minutes a day of something that's going to inspire you.
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Belief in limits creates limited people
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Begin to live as though your prayers are already answered.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute ... that gives meaning to our lives.
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The power of reading a great book is that you start thinking like the author. For those magical moments while you are immersed in the forests of Arden, you are William Shakespeare; while you are shipwrecked on Treasure Island, you are Robert Louis Stevenson; while you are communing with nature at Walden, you are Henry David Thoreau. You start to think like they think, feel like they feel, and use imagination as they would. Their references become your own, and you carry these with you long after you've turned the last page.
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Make your goal to do a tremendous amount to improve your audience's lives.
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If people maintain the belief systems that empower them, they'll keep coming back with enough action and enough resourcefulness to succeed eventually.
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I'm always loading my brain with new ways of looking at something.
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You can't influence somebody when you're judging them.
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There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.
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Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting.