The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.

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.'

Reality was dawning on him and he hated reality. If you were him, so would you.

Today, no matter where I'm going and no matter what I am doing, it is my dominant intent to see that which I am wanting to see.

'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' was the work of a wayward imagination brought to the end of its tether by political disgust and personal confusion.

The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.

A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.

I had lived in fear of the fabled terrifying visions that assail chronic drinkers, but which had not yet attacked me.

Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us.

Anybody can do anything, it's up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions.

What makes the world such a wonderful place is the diversity. I have always strived to fill my home, my office and my hotels with the most diverse crowds possible.

The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.