The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.
You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them
The twin killers of success are impatience and greed.
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?
Only by giving are you able to receive more than you already have.
Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.
Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.
You have two choices: You can make a living, or you can design a life.
Direction determines destination.
Sometimes you need to stay in touch but be out of reach.
The more obstacles you face and overcome, the more times you falter and get back on track, the more difficulties you struggle with and conquer, the more resiliency you will naturally develop. There is nothing that can hold you back, if you are resilient.
Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.
How long should you try? Until.
Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.
The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.
Don’t spend most of your time on the voices that don’t count. Tune out the shallow voices so that you will have more time to tune in the valuable ones.
Financial independence is the ability to live from the income of your own personal resources.
Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.