Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they're making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that's the difference.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

We aren't where we want to be; we aren't where we ought to be; but thank goodness we aren't where we used to be.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

It wasn’t a normal joy, it was a bitter joy, but somehow the bitterness made the joy even more wonderful.

Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In ANY relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.

It's never too late to come home, " he said, and pulled me gently, insistently toward him."All you have to do...is stop moving away.

Gold is found in the deep rough soil, so go for gold

When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.

You can't see the glory of life if you haven't seen the dark side of life.

Being an author is always like being a well-run dictatorship - it's all one person speaking.

How something important happens is the business of historians and newspapers, the effect it has is the business of philosophers and writers and especially poets.

A good tactic is one your people enjoy.

Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.