Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.
Each of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of all of us. And all of us must be committed to maintaining the reputation of each of us.
The big question is, are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?
I wish for you a life of wealth, health and happiness; a life in which you give to yourself the gift of patience, the virtue of reason, the value of knowledge, and the influence of faith in your own ability to dream about and achieve worthy rewards.
Seek other people’s advice, but don’t take orders. And don’t take 100% of anyone’s advice. Make sure every decision you make is a product of your own conclusion. Be a student, not a disciple.
Beware of the thief on the street that’s after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that’s after your promise.
Learning the art of expressing gratitude will force you to focus on the positive.
There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.
Learn to get excited like a child. There is nothing that has more magic than childish excitement.
One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so they will learn how to behave.
Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.
There is something magical about putting a problem in writing. It is almost as though by writing about what is wrong, you start to discover new ways of making it right.
Don’t see the mind for more than it is, but don’t misread it for all that it can be.
If kids clearly see the promise, they will gladly pay the price.
In America we have the greatest chance for opportunity than anyone else in the past six and a half thousand years. Never in recorded history have so many different gifts from all over the world been deposited in one country.
There are two parts to influence: First, influence is powerful; and second, influence is subtle. You wouldn’t let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it.
What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.
Reasons come first. Answers come second.
Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.
If we are not happy with where our past decisions have led us, then the place to start is with our current thinking process.