The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.
I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances, be more active, show up more often.
People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right.
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.
Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.
The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.
You cannot change your destination overnight. You can change your direction.
Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.
Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow.
Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
It's never crowded along the extra mile.
What gets measured gets improved.