Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.

You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.

It doesn't matter if they say you can't do it. It only matters if you say you can't.

Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory.

America is ripe for a service revolution.

Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.