When you knock on the door of opportunity, do not be surprised that it is Work who will answer.

Aliveness doesn't happen in silence. Aliveness doesn't happen in repression. Aliveness happens in action.

Motivation comes from effort.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

If your guard is up, let it down. If you've constructed a defensive wall to protect yourself and keep all the bad guys out, don't forget who that wall also prevents from getting in - the good guys.

To inspire a singularity of focus, a challenge must be important to you and it must be something you feel you should do now in this moment. If it's trivial or not time-bound, you won't engage. So in selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.

Grant me the stormy seas over a life of ease, the toil and madness of a life of effort, and adventure , and meaning. The safe harbor is not for me, not for long. Let the fearful stand at the shore and point as we head into the unknown, toward that vast horizon where the bold become legend.