I'm not overweight, I'm undertall

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.

On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success.

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Each day, the goal is to receive knowledge and remove ignorance. This reveals what we all search for. Wisdom.

Only an unwise negative minded person would call you 'cheap' for being wise with your money. Don't pay mind to them because they truly don't matter in your life.

You can bear your own faults and why not a fault in your wife?

A nation without the means of reform is without the means of survival.

I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around.

A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire.

Without a vision human beings are nasty creatures.

We seem to be young, in a very old Galaxy. We're like kids tiptoeing through a ruined mansion.