“Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.”

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.

When you work, work. When you play, play. Don’t mix the two.

Don’t shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your own better future.

The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to achieve them.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Good service leads to multiple sales. If you take good care of your customers, they will open doors you could never open by yourself.

It isn’t what the book costs. It’s what it will cost you if you don’t read it.

I used to blame everything outside of me for my lack of progress until I found that my problem was inside.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow.

Start reading, and especially read the kinds of books that will help you unleash your inner potential.

Never begrudge the money you spend on your own education.

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.

I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business.

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as to find out his vulnerable spots.

I have a very simple rule when it comes to management: hire the best people from your competitors, pay them more than they were earning, and give them bonuses and incentives based on their performance.

Partnerships must have loyalty and integrity at their core.