Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.
Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries.
If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
The more you know the less you need to say.
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.
Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
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.
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.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
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.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday.
The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.
Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
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.
Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action.
Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
Accuracy builds credibility.
Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.
