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

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.

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.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming.

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.

The twin killers of success are impatience and greed.

The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there.