Be a creator of circumstances rather than just a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive.

The essence of a successful business is really quite simple. It is your ability to offer a product or service that people will pay for at a price sufficiently above your costs, ideally three or four or five times your cost, thereby giving you a profit that enables you to buy and to offer more products and services.

The one human quality that must be developed is self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline.

Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

All improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures.

The simple act of writing down a goal and making a written plan for its accomplishment moves you to the top 3 percent.