The greatest source of unhappiness comes from inside.
Pay attention. Don’t just stagger through the day.
Here’s the major problem with going on strike for more money: You cannot get rich by demand!
Time is the best kept secret of the rich.
Education must precede motivation.
Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘Since I will be no one’s slave, I will be no one’s master.’
Goals are like a magnet – they pull. And the stronger they are, the more purposeful they are, the bigger they are, the more unique they are, the stronger they pull.
Income seldom exceeds personal development.
It’s okay to send flowers, but don’t let the flowers do all the talking. Flowers have a limited vocabulary. About the best flowers can say is that you remembered. But your words tell the rest.
The great gift of the human imagination is that it has no limits or ending.
Count the cost first. Don’t pay too big a price for pursuing minor values.
Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect.
Civilization is the intelligent management of human emotions.
It can be dangerous to weaken the strong in our attempts to strengthen the weak.
Ideas are information taking shape.
The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big.
How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service.
It’s best to start the discipline of generosity when the amounts are small. It’s easy to give ten cents out of a dollar; it’s a little harder to give a hundred thousand out of a million.
Don’t use your mind for a filing cabinet. Use your mind to work out problems and find answers; file away good ideas in your journal.
Initial response illustrates a great deal about someone’s personal philosophy.