“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”

“True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.”

“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

“Every Monday morning is new hope.”

“It's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.”

“For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. [...] A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. [...] If you are just starting out or are still in this phase, you gotta know that it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. [...] It’s only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.”

“While women may fake orgasms, men fake finances.”

“To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.”

“Everyone has talent. What’s rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”

“If you take a deep breath and look around, ‘Look what’s happening to me!’ can be come ‘Look what’s happening!’ And what’s happening? The incredible drama of life is happening. And we’re in it!”

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”

“The number one law of money is this: Power attracts money, but powerlessness repels it.  Money on its own cannot do anything without you.”

“You can never solve a financial problem with money. The only way for you to have a larger net worth is for you to go within to see why you are going without.”

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage--pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically--to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside.”

“Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still...”

“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone...”

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer”

“People that are successful are able to see what success is. They are able to define it in their mind's eye.”

“People that are successful have a strategy from getting where they are to that success. The difference between goals and dreams is a timeline. "Someday" is not a day of the week. You have to work for what you want; not for what you don't want—and I mean every day.”