The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.

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 more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

Never criticize, condemn or complain in a conversation with a customer or prospect.

Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.

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?

There's an interesting study that says wealthy people get up three hours before their first outside appointment.