Every time we speak, we choose and use one of four basic communication styles: assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive.

Happiness doesn't come from big pieces of great success, but from small advantages hammered out day by day.

At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.

I have found in life that if you want a miracle you first need to do whatever it is you can do – if that’s to plant, then plant; if it is to read, then read; if it is to change, then change; if it is to study, then study; if it is to work, then work; whatever you have to do. And then you will be well on your way of doing the labor that works miracles.

Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

If you do something often enough, a ratio will appear

It is not the hours of practice that matter...it's what you put into the hours that counts.