Perhaps the greatest display of self-discipline is persisting when the going gets tough. Persistence is self-discipline in action.

Your financial success is directly related to the size of the problem you solve for other people (solve BIG problems and you'll make BIG money).

Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.

The natural tendency of all human behavior is toward the path of least resistance. When you resist this tendency, you become stronger and more powerful.

And I love to speak - I am very good at it. And if you love to do something, you're very good at it, and also you are paid well, why would you not do it? Why would you stop?

You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Except the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.

Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.