Negative expectations are a quick route to dead-end thinking.

Nothing is as hard as it looks; everything is more rewarding than you expect; and if anything can go right it will and at the best possible moment.

The collective influence of you and the other leaders will bring the rest along. If this does not happen, divided interest and loyalty will occur within the group.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

No matter what you are currently able to do, creativity can make you capable of more.

People can open doors for you, but you ... must walk through.

In the book [Today Matters] I talk about successful people make important decisions early in their life, and then they manage those decisions the rest of their life.