“Every minute spent in planning saves ten to twelve minutes in execution.”

“Talent Is Overrated,”

Galileo once wrote, "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”

“Your ability to think, plan, and work hard in the short term and to discipline yourself to do what is right and necessary before you do what is fun and easy is the key to creating a wonderful future for yourself.”

“The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous.”

“Are your goals backed by burning desire or are you giving the Universe mixed signals?”

“Never talk about the content. Talk about the outcome.”

“Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears.”

“Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.”

“Your behavior will guide the behavior of the other members of your team or the people in your organization.”

“There is a special way that you can accelerate your progress toward becoming the highly productive, effective, efficient person that you want to be.”

“You perform at your highest potential only when you are focusing on the most valuable use of your time. This is the key to personal and business success. It is the central issue in personal efficiency and time management. You must always be asking yourself, What is the most valuable use of my time right now? Discipline yourself to work exclusively on the one task that, at any given time, is the answer to this question. Keep yourself on track and focused on your most important responsibilities by asking yourself, over and over, What is the most valuable use of my time right now? How you can apply this law immediately: 1. Remember that you can do only one thing at a time. Stop and think before you begin. Be sure that the task you do is the highest-value use of your time. Remind yourself that anything else you do while your most important task remains undone is a relative waste of time. 2. Be clear about the most valuable work that you do for your organization. Whatever it is, resolve to concentrate on doing that specific task before anything else. Why are you on the payroll? What specific, tangible, measurable results are expected of you? And of all the different results you are capable of achieving, which are the most important to your career at this moment? Whatever the answer, this is where you must focus your energies, and nowhere else.”

“Courage is a habit that is learned by acting courageously whenever the quality of courage is required.”

“You are what you think you are. Your self-concept determines your performance.”

“Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the numbers, in the right orders, so you can have anything you want.”