Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.

Average people look forward to "getting off." Successful people look forward to "getting on."

The more valuable you become [in your company], the more influence you have, the better communicator you are, you manage your time better, and you recognize people for their contributions. You also become more valuable as a spouse, parent and friend.

Dreams get you started; discipline keeps you going.

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

The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place.

Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will be attacked. All values must be defended. In all areas of the human existence, what we put into this world, we get back from it.