Talent is God-given be humble. Fame is man-given be thankful. Conceit is self-given be careful.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.

Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.

If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.

A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.

There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.

The three-o'-clock in the morning courage, which Bonaparte thought was the rarest.

I make more money with Don King stealing from me than 100 percent from other promoters.

I'm a huge fan of the Rod Serling sci-fi, where they could take the most odd and enormous ideas but ground them in something very human.

Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God's being present in the mess of our unfixedness. (Messy Spirituality)

Coffee is cheap, drinks are an audition, lunch is an interview, but dinner means business; the business of romance.

If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?

There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.

Asking Wall Street to provide financial education is the same as asking a fox to raise your chickens.

My notes have a curious tendency, as I realize at last, to annihilate all they purport to record.

You’re not the only one who can get possessive. I’m very proprietary about what’s mine.