“The first person you lead is you.”

Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.

Find something you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing; then learn to do it so well that people are happy to pay you for it.

All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.

Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.

You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.

The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.

To be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.

People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can’t do that if you don’t take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.

If your habits don’t line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.

True success is obeying God.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don’t want to make mistakes.

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.

It’s better to prepare than to repair.

The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.

The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.

I think my fans inspire me a lot. They’re a huge part of my career. I wouldn’t be where I am without them, so I try to feed off what they’re going through. I read their tweets and Instagrams.

Courage is the commitment to being without any guarantee of success.

I need to keep reinventing myself.

Become one of the rare people who don’t know how to quit.

Life is short, and it is here to be lived.

There’s a Place in the Sun, where there’s hope for everyone.

Optimism is my best defense.