Always concentrate on the most valuable use of your time. This is what separates the winners from the losers. Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

My secret for writing is going back to clarity. I'm very clear about what I want to accomplish-the goal-and then the next two are focus and concentration. And I've probably spent my whole life both practicing those two and teaching them. Focus. Focus on a single point and concentration. And concentrating on a single thing till it's done.

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

The greatest enemies of success and happiness are negative emotions of all kinds.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

What would you dare to dream if you knew you wouldn't fail?