Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.

The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.