Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

When someone becomes a millionaire, the least important thing is what they have. The most important thing is what they have become.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples - do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings - don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning.

Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.

The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.

It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life for forty years, you've just got to say, 'John, if I bring my journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?'