Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

It can’t be done, ” they told the caterpillar. “It can, ” replied the butterfly.

As it almost always was when I'd been too self-centered to see the truth of the matter, I felt impossibly foolish.

A good presentation = Conviction + Story + Message. Subject does not matter.

Fame is a bee It has a song - It has a sting - Ah too it has a wing.

It takes time to be a success.

Nothing in the whole world is so athirst for beauty as the soul, nor is there anything to which beauty clings so readily.

I think I do better when things are a little tougher.

I was a gymnast for twelve or thirteen years. Then I got into surfing and now I paddle board and hike and do whatever I can. I think it's my love of the outdoors.

Most learning is social, or what I call the cultural DNA. Everyone knows that word of mouth advertising is the best advertising. That's social learning.

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