People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.

The length and breath of our influence on others are directly related to the depth of our concern for them.

When your through changing, your through!

Until I understand where I am, I can’t get to where I am going. This is the value of a compass when we are out walking or hiking and need to know we’re going in the right direction. But we also have an internal North Star. It’s that little nudge that tells us if we are on the right path to fulfilling our potential, or on the wrong path wasting energy traveling somewhere we don’t need to go. So my advice to you is, pull out that compass every once in a while and make sure you are navigating in the right direction on your journey.

Losers focus on what they are going through; winners focus on what they are going to.

You're only as good as the people you have around you.

You don't become a success when you get your diploma, you became a success when you decided to go to college when you get your diploma you get the rewards of success.