Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job you can make a living, but if you work hard on yourself you'll make a fortune.
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
Make measurable progress in reasonable time.
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.
You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, "Twenty-Six dollars for a blank book! Why would you pay that?" The reason I pay twenty-six dollars is to...
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.
Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. T...
Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
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.