I make it a personal rule never to do anything that I don't really care about. It is surprising how much this cuts out.

Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives, and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.

80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not.

The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.

Hard work leads to low returns. Insight and doing what we want lead to high returns.

To get useful new ideas, we must go beyond our immediate circle and make contact with distant parts of the social system.

The 80/20 principle - that 80 percent of result flow from just 20 per cent of the causes - is the one true principle of highly effective people.

What could you achieve that would make you proud, that no one else could do with the same ease?

It is not shortage of time that should worry us, but the tendency for the majority of time to be spent in low-quality ways.

Celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts.

There are many roads, there are many choices, but never forget to chose the road of peace and happiness.

It is not the amount of friends that is important, but the amount of integrity, sincerity, and love in your friends

The complacent the self-indulgent the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history.

After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and the sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.

In June, 2010, I moved out of my apartment and I have been mostly homeless ever since.

Your marriage moves toward a state of isolation. Unless you lovingly and energetically nurture your marriage, you will begin to drift away from your mate.

If you're Iran's minister of defense, I think you'd try to develop at least one nuclear weapon to save yourself from what happened to Iraq.

Nowadays if you're dependent on a grant - and 99% of them are - you can't make mistakes as you won't get another one if you do.

Those who succeed have a clear, focused picture of their success. The level of success they attain matches the expansiveness of their dreams

I love singin' in the car, it just makes me feel good.