What unleashes action is an individual’s willingness to make mistakes – even to look foolish or stupid.
The degree of complications and unhappiness in a person’s life corresponds to the degree to which he dwells on the way he thinks the world ought to be rather than the way it really is. and being grateful it isn’t worse, while trying to make it better.
Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong.
Life-complication Theory: Given a choice between an easy solution and a complicated one, the loser will usually opt to travel the complicated path. Don’t ignore a solution just because it’s simple!
The best way to let others know what you’re going to do is to actually do it.
The desire to impress others is one of the worst forms of mental imprisonment.
I do firmly believe that universal forces are at work that pull us inexorably toward the deserving results of our actions.
The results you produce in life are inversely proportional to the degree to which you are intimidated.
Can you buy friendship? You not only can, you must. It’s the only way to obtain friends. Everything worthwhile has a price.
Concentrate on doing what you do best, and let others do the rest.
You can have a strong government and a weak people, or strong people and weak government, but you cannot have both.
Not every bad break is negative in the long term; not every problem is a bona fide injustice; and not every injustice is major when juxtaposed against the millions of injustices that occur daily throughout the world.
A quality such as self-esteem is a result of practicing good human relations.
Question everything, even if it represents generations of conventional wisdom.
If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold.
Surround yourself with problem solvers, not problem creators.
With a written agreement you have a prayer; with a verbal agreement you have nothing but air.
When the ball is on the one-yard line, never risk a fumble. Carry it over yourself.
If you are prepared, then you are able to feel confident.
Don’t become a slave to non-crucial matters.