A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.

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.

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

Begin with the end in mind.

When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make