“Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.”

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it’s about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

Our biggest enemy is our own self-doubt. We really can achieve extraordinary things in our lives. But we sabotage our greatness because of our fear

The most satisfied and enlightened people realize that successful and dynamic living starts from within. Before you can care for others, you must care for yourself.

The treasures of your life will present themselves to you only if you really are open to them.

Too many among us are afraid to be ourselves. So we give up our dreams to follow the crowd.

Greatness comes by beginning something that doesn’t end with you.

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.

Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear.

The more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.

You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.

Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.

When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.

Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.

When we’re living as amateurs, we’re running away from our calling – meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn’t talk about it. She does her work.

I’m very, very amateur, which is funny because I’m not in the amateur leagues.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

Patience and persistence are two characteristics that differentiate the professional from the amateur.

No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.