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

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

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.

Free your heart from hatred – forgive. Free your mind from worries – most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.

What is to give light must endure burning.

A candle cannot burn without fire as people cannot live without a religion.

It’s better to burn out than to fade away.

When the anxiety of loneliness is at its peak, it is important to keep the fire burning, and remember that we are all in this together.

I always put clothes and family photos under the mattress, in case the house burns down.

Nothing burns more calories than dancing in 5-inch heels… try it!

Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.

When we kiss my heart’s on fire, burning with a strange desire.