“You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.”

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.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.

Live your life by a compass, not a clock.

Beginners are many; finishers are few.

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.

Success is 99% failure.

Pursue your dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks.

Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.

If you look for the best in your employees, they’ll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they’ll shrivel up. We all need lots of watering.

If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.

Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. You should try to do things that most people would not do.

ASAP. Whatever that means. It must mean, ‘Act swiftly awesome pacyderm!