Success is not something you pursue. What you pursue will elude you; it can be like trying to chase butterflies. Success is something you attract by the person you become.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Either you run the day or the day runs you..

Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Focus on the solution, not on the problem.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms tightly crossed."Huh? No. I mean, I don't know, " Claire said." Massie said through her teeth.

It is better to be creative than curious.

[T]hat's the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the victim, especially when he strikes back.

Be — don't try to become

Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual.

Obama sees America as another country on the UN role call. Somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe.

Every moment is a moment of happiness.

When you are starting a new business you don't want to go after giant markets. You want to go after small markets and take over those markets quickly.

The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics.