“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

Don’t say, If I could, I would. Say, If I can, I will.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.

It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

I used to say, “I sure hope things will change.” Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change.

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.

Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

If you will be faithful to a few things, you will someday become the ruler over many things.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do.

The smallest of disciplines, practiced every day, start an incredible process that can change our lives forever.

If you have a business model that relies on customers being misinformed, you better start working on changing your business model.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

Focusing is all about saying no.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

Customers don’t measure you on how hard you tried, they measure you on what you deliver.

We don’t settle for anything less than excellence.

Focusing is about saying No.

Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand.