Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.
Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.
See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
Once you’ve found your own voice, the choice to expand your influence, to increase your contribution, is the choice to inspire others to find their voice.
It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger.
The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.
Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
You can’t have the fruits without the roots.
Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe this is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds.
Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or as we are conditioned to see it.
Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.
Nothing is more exciting and bonding in relationships than creating together.
If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms.
The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and context.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits.
Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.