Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.
Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.
Your personal philosophy is the greatest determining factor in how your life works out.
It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.
The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.
The future does not get better by hope, it gets better by plan. And to plan for the future we need goals.
If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.
You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.
Learn to express, not impress.
It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.
Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.
Everything changes when you change.
Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.
If you make a sale, you can make a living. If you make an investment of time and good service in a customer, you can make a fortune.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
Enjoy all you have while pursuing all you want.
The question is not whether the formula for success will work, but rather whether the person will work the formula.
Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in.
Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight what's holding you back, what's keeping you from your goals and dreams. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.
Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.
Life operates by deserve. So, in leading people, learn to work with the people who deserve it, not the people who need it.
Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.