The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me.

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!

Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.

The truth is, success often occurs for reasons we don't expect, under circumstances over which we have little control and sometimes unrelated to our own efforts. There is only one other lesson that success should teach us: Be as amazed by your own success as your friends are. If you truly are, you stand the best chance to repeat it.

Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone.