Ideas without action are worthless.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.

If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.

This is Long Island, land of the rushed, home of the stressed.

Pain is nothing. Pain is in the mind. If you can walk you can run.

Nobody dislikes war more than warriors.

detachment, n. Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it.

What is the subject of our thought? Experience! Nothing else!

But I'm gon' get mine more than I get got.

I have a huge heart for Haiti and will tell the world how we can help!

In America there is a channel called TruTV which is just reruns of 'Cops' and 'World's Dumbest Criminals'. I could watch that the entire day.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

We only rise above mediocrity when there's something at stake. p. 174