"Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well."

"Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent."

"The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself."

"To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?"

"Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals."

"Labor gives birth to ideas."

"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."

"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."

"Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness - great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy."

"Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea."

"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."

"The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing."

"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."

"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."

"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."

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

"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."

"There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important."

"Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said."

"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."

"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."

"Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors."

"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."

"Make measurable progress in reasonable time."

"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."

"It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go."

"For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward."

"Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well."

"Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through."

"Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day."

"Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process."

"The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy."

"When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it."

"You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight."

"A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images."

"Whatever good things we build end up building us."

"Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people."

"The book you don't read won't help."

"Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present."

"Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention."

"Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion."

"If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree."

"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know."

"Money is usually attracted, not pursued."

"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day."

"Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness."