Take advice, but don't take orders.

Successful people engage that creative part of their minds and ask, "Well, I wonder how else I can look at this problem? I wonder how else I could deal with this decision? I wonder what other possibilities I have there?"

Be a student, not a follower. Take interest in what someone says, then debate it, ponder it, and consider it from all angles.

It seems that every life form on this planet strives toward its maximum potential... except human beings. A tree does not grow to half its potential size and then say, "l guess that will do." A tree will drive its roots as deep as possible. It will soak up as much nourishment as it can, stretch as high and as wide as nature will allow, and then look down as if to remind us of how much each of us could become if we would only do all that we can.

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'

Love is much deeper than a feeling. Love is a commitment we make to people to always treat that person right and honorably.