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

When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short not easy. That means you must determine if the route is worth the effort. If it's not, dream bigger.

I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened as well.

In a long distance race, everyone gets tired. The winner is the runner who figures out where to put the tired, figures out how to store it away until after the race is over. Sure, he's tired. Everyone is. That's not the point. The point is to run.

Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.

When you think about Uber and Airbnb and the other companies that are turning things upside down, Uber isn't big 'cause they ran a lot of ads. They're big because someone took out their iPhone and said to their friend, watch this, and pressed a button and a car pulled up.

A book is a souvenir of an idea.