I keep anywhere between 5-10 percent of my net worth in venture ideas.

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.

You may lose your wife, you may lose your dog, your mother may hate you. None of those things matter. What matters is that you achieve success and become free. Then you can do whatever you like.

Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me.

My partners... taught me that in order to create wealth, I needed to pair up with people whose strengths compensated for my weaknesses.

I have had some great successes and great failures. I think every entrepreneur has. I try to learn from all of them.

Downturns are the best time to start businesses because you develop discipline that's very lean and mean in terms of how to spend money. And those habits serve you very well in good times.

The only reason to do business is to make money; that's the only reason for doing business.

We need physical exercise to prepare our brain for long periods of concentration

Life is hard, money doesn't care, your tears don’t add value

Vision is nothing without a plan to execute it.

We should not expect everyone to be tough and not feel anything when offended. No one is meant to hate and be hated — we are all meant to love and be loved.

Life is service. Define your service.

God has a habit of using people, their gifts, and their resources to carry out His plans. In fact, we were created to be God’s deputies, doing His work on earth.

Adequacy is sufficient. All else is superfluous.

All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self.

I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, I could get used to this. And I just never stopped.

It's a terrible thing when a person dies, whatever the circumstances. A hole opens up in the world, and we need to pay the proper respects. If we don't, the hole will never be filled in again.

Spirituality can not be separate from how we treat our bodies, construct our lifestyles, and keep our energy at higher levels.

I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

Make it a point to be around those with positive energy - people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities.