With the right attitude, human beings can move mountains. With the wrong attitude, they can be crushed by the smallest grain of sand.

Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

The rich invest their money and spend what is left; the poor spend their money and invest what is left.

You say, 'The country is messed up.' That's like cursing the soil and the seed and the sunshine and the rain, which is all you've got. Don't curse all you've got. When you get your own planet, you can rearrange this whole deal. This one you've got to take like it comes.

Real persuasion comes from putting more of you into everything you say. Words have an effect. Words loaded with emotion have a powerful effect.

One of the early signs of sophistication is not giving way to all inclinations but rather sending your emotions to school so they will learn how to behave.