“When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.”

Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!

The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.

Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.

As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.

What you see often depends on what you are looking for.

It’s funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.

Jealousy is perhaps the most involuntary of all strong emotions. It steals consciousness, it lies deeper than thought. It is always there, like a blackness in the eye, it discolours the world.

She was a walking poem. A thunderstorm of emotions demanding to be felt.

I took a deep breath, however, and followed my rule of never speaking frankly to women in moments of emotion. No good ever comes of this.

God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.

I’m a very emotional person, a person of real extremes, and that’s often destructive both to me and others.

Emotions are like waves. Watch them disappear in the distance on the vast calm ocean.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.