Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation.
Most people are just trying to get through the day. Sophisticated people learn how to get from the day.
Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.
I teach kids how to be rich by the time they are age 40, 35 if they are extra bright. Most kids think they are extra bright, so they go for 35.
Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food.
You can cut down a tree with a hammer, but it takes about 30 days. If you trade the hammer for an ax, you can cut it down in about 30 minutes. The difference between 30 days and 30 minutes is skills.
Americans are incredibly inpatient. Someone once said that the shortest period of time in America is the time between when the light turns green and when you hear the first horn honk.
Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works.
For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, ‘Follow me.’ Now that’s brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn’t have to say.
Don’t take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.
Life is worthwhile if you try. It doesn’t mean you can do everything but there are a lot of things you can do, if you just try.
Whether you stay six weeks, six months or six years, always leave it better than you found it.
One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from the day.
We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.
Tyranny knows no restraint of appetite.
The attitude of other people affects each of us and the attitude of each of us has the capacity to affect all of us.
Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.
Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.
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.