My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.

All things are created twice. All things. Vision is the first creation. For a house it's called the blueprint. For a life it's called a mission. For a day it's called a goal and a plan. For a parent it's called a belief in the unseen potential of a child. For all, it is the mental creation which always precedes the physical, or second, creation.

When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other.

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done.