Are you a thermometer or a thermostat? A thermometer only reflects the temperature of its environment, adjusting to the situation. But a thermostat initiates action to change the temperature in its environment

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

You can't think your way into acting positively, but you can act your way into thinking positively.

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.

The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all you energies on a limited set of targets.

Simmering resentment saps energy.