“It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.”
“It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.”
“People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals -- that is, goals that do not inspire them.”
“We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.”
“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.”
“Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.”
“If you are truly flexible and go until... there is really very little you can't accomplish in your lifetime.”
“Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”
“It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.”
“More than anything else, I believe it's our decisions, not the conditions of our lives, that determine our destiny.”
“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.”
“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
“Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.”
“Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
“Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.”
“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.”
“If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.”
“I discovered a long time ago that if I helped people get what they wanted, I would always get what I wanted and I would never have to worry.”
“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.”
“Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.”
“There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.”
“If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.”
“Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.”
“What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.”
“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
“I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”
“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.”
“The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.”
“If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve.”
“Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year -- and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!”