We are all self-made men and women, but only the successful take credit for it.

Consistency is the key to achieving and maintaining momentum.

If we want to succeed, we need to recover our grandparents’ work ethic.

Lack of true progress may not be a result of not doing what one is supposed to, but lack of focused effort trying not to do too much.

Only when you’re willing to take 100 percent responsibility for making the relationship work will it work. Otherwise, a relationship left to chance will always be vulnerable to disaster.

Since your outcomes are all a result of your moment-to-moment choices, you have incredible power to change your life by changing those choices. Step by step, day by day, your choices will shape your actions until they become habits, where practice makes them permanent.

If you truly want to be successful, spend less time following the lives of other people and more time leading your own.