Examine most carefully the things you desire most.
Far too many people spend more time planning their weekends than their lives. Then they suddenly realize that life has passed them by and they weren’t even aware it was happening...
The person who complains that he or she never had a chance probably hasn’t the courage to take a chance.
Thomas Edison once observed that the reason most folks don’t recognize opportunity when it comes along is that it is often dressed in coveralls and look like work...
Success requires no explanation; failures must be doctored with alibis
The surest way to achieve acceptance in any organization or in any line of work is to be successful. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way. No matter how carefully...
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
The tiny, insignificant postage stamp is a good example of what it is possible to achieve if you stick with the job until it is finished. Inconspicuously stuck on the corner of the envelope...
Remember that every time you go the extra mile, you place someone under obligation to you.
When you do something to or for another, whether your deeds are good or bad, people feel compelled to “retaliate” in kind...
Dare
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
Weakness
Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
“No”
The better portion of all sales I have made were made after people had said “no.”
The safest and best way to punish one who has done you an injustice is to do him or her a kind deed in return.
People will always respond in kind, even in greater measure than that which is delivered to them. This commonplace need for retaliation can be replaced with a response designed to convert an enemy into a friend. If you get rid of the millstone of pride...