As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you’re doing good in my book.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

I am results-oriented.

A leader who confines his role to his people’s experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people’s experience runs the risk of not being understood.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

To keep the business going, you gotta keep it boomin‘.

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

Ageing’s alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.

It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

When you’re older you want to learn from other people.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

When you give, it comes back to you.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

I was at a New Year’s Eve party, and someone asked me how was my year, and I said, ‚I honestly think 2011 was the best year of my entire life,‘ and I actually meant it.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.

Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we’re doing.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.

One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

I’ve never had writer’s block.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

Yes, sir, no, sir, clock in, clock out. Why were you late? Why are you not in today? That’s not how humans are supposed to live.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Writing and cafes are strongly linked in my brain.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

I would venture to guess that the biggest reason creative types don’t produce isn’t because they don’t have vision… or talent… in most cases, it’s a lack of discipline.