An abundance mentality springs from internal security, not from external rankings, comparisons, opinions, possessions, or associations.

Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.

You can't change the fruit without changing the root.

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

Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.

Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something; it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.

Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education of the conscience is vital to the truly proactive, highly effective person. Training and educating the conscience, however, requires even greater concentration, more balanced discipline, more consistently honest living. It requires regular feasting on inspiring literature, thinking noble thoughts and, above all, living in harmony with its still small voice.