In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.

By centering our lives on timeless, unchanging principles, we create a fundamental paradigm of effective living. It is the center that puts all other centers in perspective.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.

People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.