The essence of influence is pull. It's an attraction. Great influencers attract people, to themselves, and to their ideas.

Internalize the Golden Rule of sales that says: All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.

Networking is simply the cultivating of mutually beneficial, give and take, win-win relationships. It works best, however, when emphasizing the "give" part.

How far can you push a rope? Not very far. That's why true influencers don't push.

The most successful network marketers I know, the ones receiving tons of referrals and feeling truly happy about themselves, continually put the other person's needs ahead of their own.

When you sell on price, you are a commodity. When you sell on value, you are a resource.

When it comes to influence, TRUST is often the missing piece.

Play the Reverse gossip game. See how many nice things you can say behind someones back.

Your level of gratitude determines your level of happiness, as well as your potential for success. It's difficult to be happy without gratitude.

Your true value is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.

The 8 key words that will move practically anyone to your side of the issue: 'If you can't do it, I'll definitely understand.'

Animals in children’s literature always have a soul life because children perceive animals as having souls.

In spite of the seven thousand books of expert advice, the right way to disciplne a child is still a mystery to most fathers and...mothers Only your grandmother and Genghis Khan know how to do it.

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.

Somtimes when you know the right thing to do, you simply have to do it, even though it breaks your heart.

Don't wait for change. You change.

The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.

I come from people who did not go to college. They didn't even finish high school. People who one might call ordinary Americans who are very hardworking.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.

When we come to the place of impossibilities, it is the grandest place for us to see the possibilities of God.