Don’t live in the past and don’t carry the past around like a burden.
The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself.
Use your past as one of your mentors.
Ambition is at the very core of success and extraordinary achievement. Unlike greed, it’s a powerful, creative and constructive force.
A pessimist doesn’t see the sunset outside, he sees the dirt on the window.
All human beings have the ability to transform like a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon and taking to the sky.
There are no new fundamentals. You’ve got to be a little suspicious of someone who says, “I’ve got a new fundamental.” That’s like someone inviting you to tour a factory where they are manufacturing antiques.
The Bible says that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. It doesn’t say that it is impossible!
Selling is a person-to-person business. You cannot send the sales manual out to make the sale. Sales manuals have no legs and no voice.
If there is one thing to get excited about, it’s your ability to turn the negative into success.
Treat the past as a school.
Success is a refined study of the obvious.
If I could just get to Poland everything would be okay.
The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware the temptations.
Here’s one problem with drifting: you can’t drift your way to the top of the mountain.
James Allen says ‘We curse the effect and nourish the cause.’ The guy puts sand in his shoes and he can hardly walk and you ask why would you do that? Why would we wish for it to change, hope for it to change, but all the while resisting change?
Real wisdom is simple. Living life rightly does not have to be a complicated challenge.
Adopt the attitude that everything is negotiable. A world of opportunity will greet you.
Never mistake the power of influence.
You can make startling changes you can’t even conceive of right now, if you just give yourself half a chance.