Forget about willpower. It's time for why-power. Your choices are only meaningful when you connect them to your desires and dreams. The wisest and most motivating choices are the ones aligned with that which you identify as your purpose, your core self, and your highest values. You've got to want something, and know why you want it, or you'll end up giving up too easily.

Broke people talk about people and problems. Rich people talk about ideas and goals. Your conversation chooses your destiny.

If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. When you stop being like other people, they stop liking you. That's just how it goes. There's no escaping it. And it's okay. What you need to understand about that disapproval is that it's a sign you're doing something right.

One of the best days of your life can be when you finally say, 'I've had it!' then stand up and fight.

A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The routine is exceptionally powerful.

The path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting, and sometimes difficult daily disciplines compounded over time

Success is not for those who want it, nor those who need it, but for those who are utterly determined to seize it--whatever it takes.