We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.

Those who get the most out of life and those who give the most are those who make the choice to act.

People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.

The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.

Passion is the fire, enthusiasm and courage that an individual feels when she is doing something she loves while accomplishing worthy ends, something that satisfies her deepest needs.