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

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.

I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me.

Living life in style also means living a life of balance.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

The more you know the less you need to say.

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.

A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.

If you want to understand science, you have to understand math. In business, if you’re enumerate, you’re going to be a klutz. The good thing about business is that you don’t have to know any higher math.

The premium single-cup segment is the fastest-growing business within the global coffee industry.

Content is king, but marketing is queen, and runs the household.

The valuable person in any business is the individual who can and will cooperate with others.

You can learn investing by reading books.

The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.

Storytelling is the game. It’s what we all do. It’s why Nike is Nike, it’s why Apple is Apple, it’s why Walt Disney built Disney World and it’s why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.