"Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success."
"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?"
"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."
"Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are because we don't feel threatened by anything about them which is better than us."
"Everyone who has achieved financial independence will tell you that - at least in the early days -- you have to work smarter and harder. The price of success must be paid in full, and it must be paid in advance. There are no shortcuts."
"Within each of us is a hidden store of energy. Energy we can release to compete in the marathon of life. Within each of us is a hidden store of courage. Courage to give us the strength to face any challenge. Within each of us is a hidden store of determination. Determination to keep us in the race when all seems lost."
"Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you."
"He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."
"Goals are new, forward-moving objectives. They magnetize you towards them."
"Self-managing is Job One. Have a vision and a mission. Surround yourself with talented people. Rely on effective coaching, not managing of employees."
"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all of your energies on a limited set of targets."
"In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it."
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
"High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation."
"Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it, and spend it rather than invest it."
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
"The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success."