Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.

Goals that are not written down are just wishes.

First you write down your goal; your second job is to break down your goal into a series of steps, beginning with steps which are absurdly easy.

By judging others, you make yourself easy to judge.

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only YOU can be responsible for it. You have to invest in yourself, or no one else will.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life.

Men will tell you sometimes that "money's hard." That shows it was not made to eat, I say.... Some of those who sank with the steamer the other day found out that money was heavy too.

Winter hurled more wind and rain at the city than it ever had before. Clouds dashed about in all directions emptying their thunder, hail and rain. The horizon was choked in fog.

Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.

God has to be temporarily cruel in order to be permanently kind.

one of the greatest deterrents to successful investing is the three-letter word ego.