Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.

On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success.

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

I'm not overweight, I'm undertall

From experience, I can tell you that if you go around trying to figure out what's fair in life or whether you deserve something or not, that's a rabbit hole that is hard to climb out of.

Redemption was asking too much, but he could hope. Something told him he’d still be seeking absolution when he took his last breath on some distant day.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

I work fitfully, in hope rather than in expectation, invent methods which last a week, and fill notebooks with tiny, illegible writing which often defies my own attempts to decipher it.

My heroes are the non-commissioned officers. If I had another life thats what Id be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. Thats where the spirit of the armed forces is.

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.

I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.

I always try to start out with some type of goal. Then I work backward and think of what I need to do to get there, and give myself smaller goals that are more immediate

The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England.