Bottom Line: It's better to give before you receive. And never keep score. If your interactions are ruled by generosity, your rewards will follow suit.

Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.

In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity

The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.

To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first

You have to envision yourself winning to win.

In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from the selling you've already done.

When we are truly passionate about something we are contagious.

When you help someone through a health issue, positively impact someone's personal wealth, or take a sincere interest in their children, you engender life-bonding loyalty.

I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.

People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.

Real life is like that - it does not follow a neat plan. sometimes you have to get things very messily wrong so you can see how to get them right.

You know what killed off the dinosaurs, Whateley? We did. In one barbecue.

Don’t bleach language, savour it instead. Stroke it gently or even groom it, but don’t “purify” it.

I don't carry lucky charms, but I believe in those things.

At the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure.

My bikini, a pair of black high heels and a pair of comfortable jeans.

The only way to end a culture of violence is to proactively create a culture of peace.

I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be bothered with reporters.

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.