Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

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.

I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

The first story I finished was when I was six years old.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

If I can be a leader, I will.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I’m working on the foundation.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I’d do is join a union.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

I think everybody has something that they’ve been obsessed about in their lifetime.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your life, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there’s nothing really to talk about.

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

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

Never confuse motion with action.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

Well, yeah, people are working in our country. You know what? They’re working two and three jobs, and in our America, people should not have to work more than one job to be able to put food on the table and have a roof over their head.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‚Where’s the self-help section?‘ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I’m not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

In the 1930s, unemployed working people could anticipate that their jobs would come back.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that’s going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

I just want to be just as everyone else. I want to educate myself and be just like a normal teenager.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

I focus on my own job.

I don’t look at my old work. I mean, they made nice books; the books were made without me, the one from last year and the one from this year. I – personally, I’m not interested in my own past. I’m only interested in today – perhaps tomorrow.

I grew up cursing a lot.

‚Worry‘ is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was that they didn’t get that. No joke – I’d leave meetings crying all the time.