History can teach us so much, and yet we seem to learns so little.

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.

I'm a quite erratic person: From setups to actually when I'm doing a track, it's just turning and switching and changing all the time.

I’m the only one that can be held accountable for the way my life turns out.

I don't think the United States needs superpatriots. We need patriotism, honestly practiced by all of us, and we don't need these people that are more patriotic than you or anyone else.

I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.

Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.

Happiness can be close by, even if your heart is far away.

You are not happy when you feel happy, you are happy when you are happy.

I am no metaphysician, no philosopher, nay, no saint. But I am poor and I love the poor. I see what they call the poor of this country and how many there are who feel for them!