Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.
Leaders don’t make excuses. They create results.
The real value of setting and achieving goals lies not in the rewards you receive, but in the person you become as a result of reaching your goals.
Dreaming is great, but thinking big thoughts alone will not build a business, pay your bills or make you into the person you know in your heart you can be.
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
It takes time, it’s a grind. There are no shortcuts. You’ve got to grind and grind.
Do not feel bad about your mistakes or those of others. Love them! Remember that one: they are to be expected; two: they’re the first and most essential part of the learning process; and three: feeling bad about them will prevent you from getting better.
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
Just start. Start now. Fail often. Enjoy the ride.
Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work.
You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.
The most damaging phrase in the language is: ‘It’s always been done that way.’
Effort and hard work construct the bridge that connects your dreams to reality.
Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin.
Mentorship is the key to extraordinary success.
Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting.
The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.
Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.
The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.