Know the difference between your necessary and discretionary expenses.

When everyone zigs, zag. Life is all about trying to get somewhere first.

A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.

As an entrepreneur, you have to be OK with failure. If you're not failing, you're likely not pushing yourself hard enough.

Learning how to face fear really makes you invincible because you stop being scared.

Get up, dress up, and show up.

Start a business plan for yourself, not for anyone else.

A financial plan is a way to take all of the money advice you come across and figure out how it applies to your specific financial situation.

At LearnVest, we're working to make financial planning both accessible and affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to get on track financially.

Money shouldn't be worshiped and it shouldn't be ignored.

You should go to work every day a little bit nervous.

I want him to be with me because he likes being with me, not because he's forced to be with me or because he wants something from me. That's not how friendship should be." [Ellani]

Love is the key, love is the secret.

Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.

Once you get that addiction of realizing what you can do, you want to take that to the next level.

Education is not something to prepare you for life; it is a continuous part of life.

Because I'm so tall, clothes look different on me than they do on others.

I've learned ruthless concentration. I can write under any circumstances...street noises, loud talk, music, you name it.

What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go, every before replaced by an after.