Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

Getting and becoming are siamese twins. If you want more than you have, you have to become more than you are.

Don’t see the mind for more than it is, but don’t misread it for all that it can be.

Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .

If I could just get to Poland everything would be okay.

Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.

Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.