It's simply not enough to just show up and do your work. Superior performance is not, never has been, nor will it ever be, the by-product of ordinary efforts.

Success in any endeavor does not happen by accident. Rather, it’s the result of deliberate decisions, conscious effort, and immense persistence...all directed at specific goals.

If you make a commitment, honor it. If you make a promise, keep it. If you set a goal, achieve it.

Advancement only come with habitually doing more than you are asked

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

The magic behind every outstanding performance is always found in the smallest of details.

Your job is not done when you have determined your goal. You must also plan for and determine how it is to be accomplished. Goals and plans are meaningless if they cannot be executed successfully!

Can you imagine what you could do, if you did all that you can?

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them.

Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.

How can the world progress if women don't consider men ... the Man ... first?

Really, the one thing that actually works - you know, state-run communism may not be your cup of tea, but [China's] government works.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Don't let the sadness from the past and fear of the future ruin the happiness of the present.

The insanity rate per capita in South Africa is appalling. ...it is easily seen that a primary requisite in any programme of the rehabilitation of the Bantu in South Africa would be mental health.

I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at.

I'm as honest as I can be.

We rarely do anything with on single motive.

Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond its world a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you: build, therefore, your own world.

We need to forget about mistakes and take the positives.