Influence is the ability to move a person to a desired action.

Internalize the Golden Rule of sales that says: All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.

Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the "give" part.

How far can you push a rope? Not very far. That's why true influencers don't push.

The most successful network marketers I know, the ones receiving tons of referrals and feeling truly happy about themselves, continually put the other person's needs ahead of their own.

When you sell on price, you are a commodity. When you sell on value, you are a resource.

When it comes to influence, TRUST is often the missing piece.

Play the Reverse gossip game. See how many nice things you can say behind someones back.

Your level of gratitude determines your level of happiness, as well as your potential for success. It's difficult to be happy without gratitude.

Your true value is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.

The 8 key words that will move practically anyone to your side of the issue: 'If you can't do it, I'll definitely understand.'

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.

Beauty lies in simplicity.

To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies.

I've never seen anybody that lied as much as Ted Cruz. And he goes around saying he's a Christian.

The only movies I saw till I was 17 were made by Disney. My parents had this thing. Disney was like, you know, "Ford is a good car. Disney makes good movies that are good for kids and safe."

First, in a love song, or any song for that matter, using a plastic word like "inhibitions" is just completely without feel or texture. It demonstrates a tin ear for communication.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

It seems like at some point you'd run out of awful.

Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.