As a success-minded person, you should always be looking to not only do your job but do it with excellence and go the extra mile.

When you know you can do something, and you feel good about yourself, you do not have to devalue others.

Wisdom tells us that the best time for silence is when we are mad or upset.

Success-minded people must understand that the use of profane and obscene words have no place in their vocabulary.

No matter who it is or what you think of them, never rejoice in the pain of others. It lowers you to a level you should not be at.

We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor.

Keep the personal, personal and do not be guilty of spreading bad feelings.

Trustworthiness is a mark of a success-minded person. To be seen as trustworthy is a great compliment. When people trust you, they expect that you will honor their trust.

Not everyone will support every mission or work, you can still enjoy their friendship. No one likes to feel that the only reason you are friends is what you can get out of them.

If you want friends you must be friendly. Always complaining and posting negative comments is not going to bring you friends. No one likes to get puked on.

Gossip has always been a problem. It is one of the most powerful, addictive behaviors there is. As long as the human race has had a common language they have used it to gossip.

I'm married to the future.

Happiness is not a reward. It's a consequence. You have to work at it every day.

Deciding taste is egotistical, but that's how taste is established, by somebody having the courage to say, 'I don't want to sell that.'

I've learned after doing a couple records that if it feels good and it's easy, then that's usually a good sign. And that feeling sorta went with us to Nashville - everything was just natural.

Sometimes, at night you could hear the whole damn city crying.

I don't know if vocally I am so great.

I do know what it's like to worry about bills, I do know what it's like to worry about even finding a child-minder, never mind paying them.

I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of Family Ties between Monday and Friday.

If you want to preach a revolutionary message, wear a suit.

I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.