“People residing within the cult of average don’t like to see others rise. It threatens their security, and spotlights their low self-worth. Go for great, no matter what they say.”

Until our mission becomes our obsession, we’ll be chained to the realm of average.

See your life as a giant adventure. Keep pushing the envelope, and remember that every dream starts off small.

Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.

There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.

The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.

It’s amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early.

Only those who seek shall find.

Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage.

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.

The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.

Nothing works unless you do the work.

To have what few have, do what few do.

Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus.

Every person you meet has a lesson to teach, a story to tell and a dream to share.

Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.

Every person that you meet knows at least one thing that you don’t. Don’t let them leave without learning it.

First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don’t come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.

Great ladies are no more spiteful than the average rich woman; but one acquires in their society a greater susceptibility, and feels more profoundly andmore irremediably, their unpleasant remarks.

He probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.