At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.

An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.

The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, the other guy has the best territory. The Successful Salesperson says, every territory is the best one. The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, that company will never buy. The Successful Salesperson says, I can make that company buy.

The better you get at your key skills, the more you accomplish in a shorter period of time.

The key to success is to develop a winning edge.

The foundation of lasting self-confidence and self esteem is excellence, mastery of your work.

Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.