Those who get the most out of life and those who give the most are those who make the choice to act.
Happen to things, don’t let things happen to you.
Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring as an offering of trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing has more influence than a reputation of trust.
The key to the many is often the one; it is how you regard and talk about the one in that one’s absence or presence that communicates to the many how you would regard and talk about them in their presence or absence.
The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.
If you say to one flower, ‘Grow,’ but you water another, the first one won’t grow.
When you have too many top priorities, you effectively have no top priorities.
When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.
It’s not only a matter of when to do things, but whether or not to do them at all.
We’re constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the best. So often, the enemy of the best is the good.
The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.
Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.
Unless people feel that they are accepted and that they have a right to express their feelings without fear of embarrassment or ridicule, all they will do is react and rebel and struggle for their identity.
Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.
What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?
Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general’s tent.
If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.
The key to motivation is motive.
Consult the wisdom of your heart as well as your mind.