“A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.”

“No person or situation can make you fed anything-it is only the way you think about a situation that makes you feel the way you do.”

“Truthfulness is the main element of character.”

“In 80 percent or more of cases, people have three goals in common: first, a financial and career goal; second, a family or personal relationship goal; and third, a health or a fitness goal. And this is as it should be. These are the three most important areas of life. If you give yourself a grade on a scale of one to ten in each of these three areas, you can immediately identify where you are doing well in life and where you need some improvement.”

“Committing your goals to paper increases the likelihood of your achieving them by one thousand percent.”

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

“Whatever you believe, with conviction, becomes your reality.”

“This is a wonderful time to be alive. There have never been more possibilities and opportunities for you to achieve more of your goals than exist today.”

“What excites you? What do you do well? What can you do better? In short what does success mean to you?”

“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.”

“Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses”

“I never hold grudges; while you’re holding a grudge, they’re out dancing.”

“When everything is laid out neatly and in sequence, you will feel much more like getting on with the job.”

“Based on your current results, what changes are you going to have to make to ensure that your products and services of tomorrow are exactly what the customers will be wanting at that time?”

“Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.”