To have more than you've got, become more than you are.
I've discovered that you can't change people. They can change themselves.
If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret.
Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don't feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.
The best time to set up a new discipline is when the idea is strong.
Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
It's not what happens, it's what you do that determines your future.
If you're serious about becoming a wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured and unique individual, keep a journal. Don't trust your memory. When you listen to something valuable, write it down. When you come across something important, write it down.
I have found in life that if you want a miracle you first need to do whatever it is you can do – if that’s to plant, then plant; if it is to read, then read; if it is to change, then change; if it is to study, then study; if it is to work, then work; whatever you have to do. And then you will be well on your way of doing the labor that works miracles.
Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.
It is our philosophical set of the sail that determines the course of our lives. To change our current Direction, we have to change our philosophy, not our circumstances.
Vocabulary enables us to interpret and to express. If you have a limited vocabulary, you will also have a limited vision and a limited future.
Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.
The greatest source of unhappiness comes from inside.
Life is a unique combination of "want to" and "how to" and we need to give equal attention to both.
Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
Don’t let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that’s long enough!
You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have.
Find someone who is willing to share the truth with you.
Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.
Here's the major problem with going on strike for more money: You cannot get rich by demand!
We need to teach our children how to debate the major life issues. Debate strengthens their beliefs and enables them to defend themselves against ideologies that are going to come their way.
By working hard, you get to play hard guilt-free.
If you step up the self-education curve, you will come up with more answers than you can use.