It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have.
If the truth isn’t enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it.
Develop a childlike fascination with life and people.
The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things.
The best place to solve a problem is on paper.
The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit.
When somebody shares, everybody wins.
Learn to help people with more than just their jobs: help them with their lives.
Don’t spend most of your time on the voices that don’t count. Tune out the shallow voices so that you will have more time to tune in the valuable ones.
Life is a unique combination of “want to” and “how to” and we need to give equal attention to both.
Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it.
If you depend on your company to take care of your retirement, your future income will be divided by five. Take care of it yourself, and you can multiply your future income by five.
The amount you give isn’t important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life. If we do not pay attention to these events, we can easily miss the opportunities.
You can change all things for the better when you change yourself for the better.
The same wall that keeps out your disappointment also keeps out the sunlight of enriching experiences. So let life touch you. The next touch could be the one that turns your life around.
Learn from the negative as well as the positive, from the failures as well as the successes.
Don’t say, “If I could, I would.” Say, “If I can, I will.”