Once you attach your personality to a proposition, people start reacting to the personality and stop reacting to the proposition.

Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.

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

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

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.

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.