Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life. It ensures that a person's capacities stay dormant, that talents remain undeveloped, that the mind and spirit become lethargic and that the heart remains unfulfilled.

It's sometimes a painful process. It's a change that has to be motivated by a higher purpose, by the willingness to subordinate what you think you want now for what you want later.

I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.

An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.