The important thing is that you find some time every day to “break bread” with those you love most and consistently work at building a richer, more meaningful family life.
Victims have big TVs. Leaders own large libraries.
Today, be a little bolder. Reach a little higher. Be a little kinder. Be a bigger dreamer.
Those who hurt others silently loathe themselves.
Most people take the limits of their vision to be the limits of the world. A few do not. Join them.
Success and joy and inner peace don’t just show up. You need to create them.
Consistency really is the DNA of mastery. And small, daily, seemingly insignificant improvements when done consistently over time yield staggering results.
We only hear what we’re ready to hear,” observed the homeless man sagely. “All learning meets us exactly where we’re at. And as we grow greater, we understand better.
Life really does favor the obsessed. Great fortune truly does shine on those mesmerized by their gorgeous ambitions. And the universe most definitely supports the human being unwilling to surrender to the forces of fear, rejection and self-doubt.
There’s no better time to become the human being you know you can be and handcraft the life of your most exuberant desires than now.
Titles don’t interest me at all. Doing my best work is all that matters to me. And I don’t need to have any formal authority to do that.
Money is a byproduct of adding value and doing good for others. Focus on being great at what you do. Dedicate yourself to offering others all you can to make their lives better. Be truly outstanding in every element of your professional and your personal life. The money will follow...
To continue at a time when you ache to stop. To advance when you long to quit. To persist in the instant when you feel like giving up is to claim your membership among the great warriors and honorable characters who led humanity to a better place through their earned invincibility.
Just keep in mind that difficult days never last, but strong people always do.
Businesses that try to be all things to all people end up being nothing to anyone. You need to stand for something. You need to play ferociously. Passionately. Emotionally. To get to world class. Or don’t play at all.
If you just keep doing your best and letting life do the rest, accepting whatever comes, with the knowledge that it’s for your highest good, life will work out wonderfully. Better than expected, actually.
Without the rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.
Do fewer but better things. Because the person who tries to achieve everything ultimately accomplishes nothing. Focus. Focus. Focus. Focus.
To live a richer, more rewarding life, it is essential that you run your own race. Stop bending to the demands of social pressure at the expense of your uniqueness.
When you study the lives of the world’s most enlightened and effective people, you’ll see that they did not care about what other people thought of them. Rather than letting public opinion dictate their actions, they had the courage to let their hearts drive them.
What makes relationships, communities and countries great are not the things that we have in common but the differences that make us unique. Rather than looking for things to criticize in those around you, why not begin to respect the differences?