Decide exactly what you want and resolve to persist, no matter what, until you achieve it.

The value of a relationship is in direct proportion to the time that you invest in the relationship.

The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

You can get control of your tasks and activities only to the degree that you stop doing some things and start spending more time on the few activities that can really make a difference in your life.

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests.

I think the critical thing is the product or service that you're trying to raise money for. And probably the best description of that, people should say when they hear, "This is what I want to do. This is what I want to bring to the market." They should say, "Gee! That's a great idea" or "Gee! Why hasn't somebody else thought of that before? Well, that's an incredible idea!" In other words, the more a person is delighted, or astonished, or happy with your product, or service, or idea, the more happy they are to put up money for it.