Italian Proverb

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

Use your work to better yourself.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here.

Only men of character are trusted.

Priority is a function of context.

It’s a blip, not a catastrophe.

If you can eliminate all the other choices, the remaining choice, no matter how improbable, is the answer.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

Take action. Every story you’ve ever connected with, every leader you’ve ever admired, every puny little thing that you’ve ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.