The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

Attitude

Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.

Books and Reading

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Concentration

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Education

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Failure

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Happiness

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Ideas

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

Joy

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Leaders and Leadership

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Mediocrity

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

Pain

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

Planning

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Responsibility

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Self-esteem

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Success

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Talkativeness

The more you know the less you need to say.

Wages

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.