1.“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
2.“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
3.“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
4.“Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, success is yours.”
5.“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
6.“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
7.“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”
8.“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
9.“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
10.“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
11.“If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!”
12.“If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know & start charging for it.”
13.“I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.'”
14.“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
15.“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
16.“Really it comes down to your philosophy. Do you want to play it safe and be good or do you want to take a chance and be great?”
17.“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
18.“If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it – teach yourself to be impatient.”
19.“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
20.“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”
21.“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
22.“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”