Set the tone for your day be treating people better than you expect to be treated by them. Be the first to smile. Express your appreciation for them. Expect the best out of them. If you act first, you will set yourself up for success.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

A person's level of income and their desire to give have nothing to do with one another.

Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it.

The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.

Thinking is hard; that's why so few do it.

Over time, is it easier or harder to sustain your influence within your organization? With charisma alone, influence becomes increasingly more difficult to sustain. With character, as time passes, influence builds and requires less work to sustain.