I think there's too much emphasis placed on learning things by rote that you don't really care about. So what happens to students in school is that they eventually lose interest in learning, because they've been forced to learn the required courses, rather than pursing their passion.

One needs to have some sense of purpose. Next, you need to have a vision that grows out of that purpose.

If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

If everybody thinks you're out of your mind, you just might be onto something.

Super-successf ul people aren’t the most gifted people in their fields. They just work, study and practice more than the competition.

An important part of any focusing regimen is to set aside time at the end of the day - just before going to sleep - to acknowledge your successes, review your goals, focus on your successful future, and make specific plans for what you want to accomplish the next day.

It is those very things that we are most afraid to do that provide the greatest liberation and growth for us.