From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.

Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.

Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.

Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of originality.

Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first.

Enemies make better allies than frenemies.

You, your thoughts, and your imagination control the doorway to happiness. Service to the humanity is key to that doorway.

A poet is somebody who has written a poem.

It's a conflict of parallels.

Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

One of the oddities about responses that you get to what you write, if you get a fair number of them, is that people have very different ideas of what you said.

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

Grab the good people around you. Don't let them go.

Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.