It is a kind of law of nature. The goal one aims for can rarely be reached by a direct road.

This is why successful network businesses rarely get started by MBA-types: the initial markets are so small they often don't even appear to be business opportunities at all.

What I've learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you'll find that you put the time in. You won't just ask somebody if it's a good idea, you'll go figure out if it's a good idea.

My biggest motivation… Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had - every day I'm learning something new, remember that there's always something to be learned, no matter how old you are or how many degrees you have.

Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement.

A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.