“The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.”

You get one life. Live it in a way that it inspires someone.

If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win.

The only difference between a RICH person and a POOR person is how they use their time.

The right decisions come from the right focus. You’ll succeed if your focus is on the mission, not the money.

The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.

Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.

Don’t be addicted to money. Work to learn. don’t work for money. Work for knowledge.

There are many people who have big plans but their big plans never come true. The reason is, too many people have big plans but fail to keep their small agreements.

The primary reason in starting a business part-time is not so much to make a product great. The real reason for starting a part-time business is to make you a great businessperson.

Being an entrepreneur is simply going from one mistake to the next. You must have the fortitude to continue on.

When I started my last business, I didn’t receive a paycheck for 13 months. The average person can’t handle that pressure.

If you’re lazy, don’t expect much in terms of success. You’re owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It’s earned.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

If you want to be rich, be friends with people who have the same mindset as you, or who at least won’t try to change your mindset to be more like theirs. Life is too short to spend time with people who don’t help you move forward.

Get your assets working for you so that your “ass” isn’t working for someone else.

The biggest trap, the biggest dungeon in life isn’t laziness or bad luck, it’s comfort.

A lot of guys don’t want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Who gives an island as a gift? I frowned. I hadn’t realized Edward’s extreme generosity was a learned behavior.

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.

You know what I hate? Indian givers… no, I take that back.

A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.