I know that you don't know, but you don't know that you don't know.

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.

For the real winners, there are no finish lines.

The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all truly successful individuals, I’d say it’s the ability to create and nurture a network of contacts.

Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.