On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.

The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success.

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

I'm not overweight, I'm undertall

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance.

Because, sometimes, things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

One bright morning when my work is over I will fly away home.

The purpose of the church is to make bad men good and good men better.

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.

I never believe I'm presenting objective reality; I also don't want to delude people into thinking that my subject is talking directly to them.

To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.

Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.

So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your life. I think I made the correct turn.

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident.

The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall