“When you listen, the benefit is two fold: You receive the necessary information, and you make the other person feel important.”

Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.

What’s interesting about subscribing to a life of giving is that you become addicted.

Be the kind of person who can always be counted on to do what you say you’ll do.

Everyone has obstacles to overcome, but those with great faith can conquer whatever stands in the way.

Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.

If you act enthusiastic, you will become enthusiastic. A mediocre mind that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

I was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say I’ve always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.

In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.

One intense hour is worth a dreamy day.

Unlike many people who start a new business, money was not my prime motivation – not that I was so well off that it wasn’t a consideration; in fact, I had put my lifetime savings on the line.

What the world thinks of me is none of my business.

Nobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.

Give yourself something to work toward – constantly.

Your attitude determines your altitude. It really is true that If you think you can, you can; and if you think you can’t – you’re right.

You must develop the ability to know the difference between a real problem and an imaginary one.

Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.

Painting it’s a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

Love as distinct from “being in love” is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit.

There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.

Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.

You can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close your heart to the things you don’t want to feel.

The more I swear I’m happy the more I’m feeling alone.

Dreams feel real while we’re in them. It’s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.