Teaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future - a vision based on common values - is only training.

Say exactly what you mean. Enough said.

When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep going.

Goal-setting illuminates the road to success just as runway lights illuminate the landing field for an incoming aircraft

People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain steady through it all.

What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to be?

Simmering resentment saps energy.