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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.
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If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
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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.
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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.
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Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
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Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
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Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
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Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
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Make measurable progress in reasonable time.
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Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
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Money is usually attracted, not pursued.
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Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
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A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
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It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
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Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
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Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
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It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.
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Either you run the day or the day runs you.
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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.
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
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Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
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Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.
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If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
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The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.