Avoidance of self deception is a matter of integrity not comfort.

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.

Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.

A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.

It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

..And i can't get you out of my mind, God knows how hard I've tried

It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it.....The silence seemed to be trying to tell him something about itself.

Part of growing up is narrowing your life choices to a manageable size.

In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.

Half the people on the internet are bored and they have no life.

I honestly turned to writing because I didn't know what else to do, and because a friend had gently suggested it.

I loved the sound of the words, even if I was not entirely sure what all of them meant.

The devil is a liar. I said the devil is a liar. Don't make me preach now, but you are the living epistle, the written word of Christ.

Nothing succeeds like persistence. The common denominator of all successful people is their persistence.

Don't live up to your stereotypes.