Working to be outstanding at what you do, raises your confidence and improves your reputation. As you work to become top notch, you gain higher attention and visibility.

Trademark yourself with the mark of excellence.

Excellent people are those, who choose to separate themselves from mediocrity.

You benefit at a different time, from when you planted seeds for success. Learn patience. But be persistent. It’s important for success. Use perseverance and dedicate yourself to your top goals.

Ask yourself at least once a week: "Am I on the right track to achieve my goals at this time? Am I doing the right things that I need to be doing?

Never stop growing in life. The world's tallest redwood trees were once little nuts, that kept on growing, regardless of weather, trials and tribulations.

You are the sculptor of your success. Chisel and carve yourself into excellence.

Imagine and see yourself at your best. Change yourself with hard work, to become the excellent person you want to be.

Excellence is a high quality, that delivers success and achievement.

Excellence is the target of champions and winners.

You are the artistic painter of your success. Paint your life day-by-day, into the masterpiece of excellence you want.

A real musician ain’t gonna choose his own guitar like an evil master choosing his slave. The guitar will choose his master and when he does, you’ll know it.

He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.

The contempt of money is no more a virtue than to wash one's hand is one; but one does not willingly shake hands with a man that never washes his.

My father is an absolute inspiration and such a gifted filmmaker. I have learned and continue to learn so much from him.

Being blind, I rely on software that talks to me.

Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter.

Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two things more and more become one rather than two different aspects of my life.

No one wants to be hated, in public, by lots of people.

I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.

Idle hands make fretful minds.