The only lasting investment is an investment in yourself.
Making promises you can't or won't keep is an effective way to dissolve relationships.
Most people are committed to lack of commitment.
More important than what you did yesterday is what you do today.
What you know is only half of the equation.
Have the courage to be the person you know you are.
Growth requires us to stretch beyond what we thought to be impossible.
Lasting influence is achieved through persuasion not coercion.
Platitudes and generalities can only be sustained when performance exceeds intellect.
Past successes are bridges that lead us to our next victory.
The ability to think is your most treasured asset.
The ability to exchange opposing ideas is freedom in action.
You can achieve whatever you desire, but you must first define what you want.
Waiting for someone else to make you happy is the best way to be sad.
Unless you have the courage to analyze your mistakes you are bound to repeat them.
Unless you define who does what chaos is imminent.
Written goals produce greater results than if goals are vaguely floating through your mind.
When you are a true listener, you will hear what is not said.
Who you decide to be today will determine your tomorrow.
Trust is the foundation on which successful relationships are built.
Trust is best illustrated, and demonstrated, to be implicated.
There is only one lasting motivation; and that is self-motivation. Others can inspire us, but only you can take action.
External superiority is the result of internal inferiority.
Failure is permanent only when a person quits attempting to succeed.
You are measured by whether you take personal accountability, or not.
You cannot help another person without simultaneously helping yourself.
Um, ah, and, you know, like, are words that ought to be used sparingly when speaking in public.
Within each of us is a leader that wants to step forward.
Whatever you think about and talk about, eventually comes about.
Blaming other people and circumstances leads to automatic failure.
As soon as you stop being yourself you become anybody.
A sign of strength is seen in a person who asks for help.
Confidence is unleashed as soon as you begin to trust yourself.
Fear is the destroyer of dreams and the killer of ambitions.
The right destination can make any difficult journey bearable.
Put your greatest possession on the tallest shelf so if you fall you have something to reach for.
People tend to believe what others say about you than you about yourself.
A fast way to demolish relationships, shatter credibility and disrespect yourself is by not following through when you say you are going to do something.
The most important things ever said are the things you've said to yourself.
A search for true happiness is found when you look no further than your forehead.
You succeed at being a failure when you blame someone else.
You reach your real height when you stand up for what you believe.
The way you talk to yourself will determine how you speak with others.
The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.
A master communicator can either set his audience free or imprison them.
Asking the right questions will never lead you to the wrong answers.
A team is a group of individuals that support each other.
A smile costs nothing, but yields huge dividends.
Acknowledge that you learn just as much, if not more, from your failures as you do from your successes.
Following your passion is the best way to lead a fruitful life.
It's the small choices we make over time that define who we are.
It's not what you look at but what you see, say, believe, and do that matters.
Confidence in ourselves is perhaps the single most important ingredient for leading a life of success and happiness.
Effective communicators are the most powerful people in the world.
The best way to move forward is to stop holding people back.
The best way to go is to stop thinking about the worst.
The best way to evaluate a person is by performance not intellect.
The best way to be on time is to be early.
Support is essential to the realization of every successful outcome.
The celebration of success overshadows the challenges that were encountered along the way.
In most cases, it takes only a few minor adjustments to dramatically improve performance.
Integrity of one's values is the highest score.
If you want a friend, look first to see if you are willing to be one.
If you really want to hear what someone says then listen with your eyes.
Challenges are part of life so you might as well learn how to conquer them.
Honest debate stops when the name calling starts.
You can't take a step up if you are busy pushing others down.
The end is near as soon as you begin to doubt yourself.
The end result is a compilation of many previous contributions.
A great teacher never stops being a student.
You will never reach higher ground if you are always pushing others down.
You will never find the best when you are always looking for the worst.
The common denominator of happy and successful people is that they spend their time with other happy and successful people.
