Change is inevitable; personal growth is a choice.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.

How long should you try? Until.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Refine your goals. Start the process. Set some higher goals. Reach for some higher purpose. Go for something beyond what you thought you could do!

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Leadership is the challenge to be something more than average.

The key to turning dreams into reality is action.

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

A good life is a collection of happy moments.

Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.

The ant philosophy: Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons.

The more you know, the more you realize how little you know.

Managers help people to see themselves as they are. Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Set a goal to become a millionaire, not for the money, but for what you will become in the process.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

When you’re excited about life, you’ll wake up long before your alarm clock goes off.

Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.

Your income is directly related to your philosophy, not the economy.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

The difference between where you are today and where you’ll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you’ve read.

Don’t borrow someone else’s plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.

Success is not for the chosen few; it is for the few who choose it.

In order to succeed, you must first believe that you can.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

You have to dream big to get big.

Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

To have more, you must become more.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond to definite plans, backed by definite desires.

You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what you do with them that’s important.

Don’t wish it was easier wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.

What you get will never make you happy; what you become will make you very happy or very sad.

Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Goals. There’s no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There’s no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There’s no telling what will happen when you act upon them.

For things to change, you have to change.

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.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your own personal development.

When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it.

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

The major key to your better future is you.

Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.

You cannot change your destination overnight.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue all that you want.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.