Talent helps, but success is only achieved and sustained through consistent effort.
Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?
To achieve your dreams you must be willing to take massive action over a long period, even when there is no evidence of progress.
Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question....
The answers to all the questions of the society are in the lessons of human history
Your life is a reflection of the quality of the questions you ask yourself and others.
You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities.
Top question of the dying: "What made me sick?
What you do consistently shapes your life.
Time is the first currency for success and one we all hold in common.
Decisions create success, and the quality of your decisions will determine the quality of your life.
You are the best thing that will happen to someone today.
Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is nothing.
How many hours are there in a mile? Is yellow square or round? Probably half the questions we ask-half our great theological and metaphysical problems-are like that.
Success has more to do with what you are willing to sacrifice than your skills, talent or IQ.
Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions.
Don't ask questions that you don't want the answer to.
Focus on your potential not your past.
Be brave. Take the hill. But first answer the question, "What is my hill?
We've been dead for thousands and thousands of years. Dead or sleeping, depends on how you feel about it at any given moment. But that's okay. The trouble starts when you are born, then everything bec...