Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, it’s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence...all directed at specific goals.

If you make a commitment, honor it. If you make a promise, keep it. If you set a goal, achieve it.

Advancement only come with habitually doing more than you are asked

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

The magic behind every outstanding performance is always found in the smallest of details.

It's simply not enough to just show up and do your work. Superior performance is not, never has been, nor will it ever be, the by-product of ordinary efforts.

Your job is not done when you have determined your goal. You must also plan for and determine how it is to be accomplished. Goals and plans are meaningless if they cannot be executed successfully!

Can you imagine what you could do, if you did all that you can?

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them.

Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.

I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain whether of our worth or worthlessness we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.

I dare to be great. The man without imagination stands unhurt and hath no wings. This is my credo, this is my forte.

The way he was playing, he probably could have scored on Jesus.

If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.

If you're not staying on top of your money, you are putting your financial well-being at risk.

I found myself pinned to the hallway wall by six feet, two inches of hard, hot male.

Postulate 3. Assignable causes of variation may be found and eliminated.

A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother.