Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find breakthroughs more often than everyone else is that they've failed more often than everyone else.

Defending mediocrity is exhausting.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.

Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.