When a salesperson truly cares about you, trust forms, and you're more likely to buy, come back for repeat business, and refer new customers.

Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

The most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed.

Procrastinate strategically... Procrastination may be the enemy of productivity but it can be a valuable resource for creativity.

Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.

Dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong. So instead of speaking to highly agreeable audiences, target suggestions to people with a history of originality.

Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first.

Enemies make better allies than frenemies.

Happy is he that chastens himself.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

I know,I can smell it, too.

You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.

Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.

If a railroad is bent, the train shall turn over; if a man's character is bent, he shall turn over just like that train.

Obedience is not truly performed by the body of him whose heart is dissatisfied. The shell without a kernel is not fit for store.

Stop waiting for what you want, and start working what you've got. Your greatest limitation is God's greatest opportunity.

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.

Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow.