Optimism inspires, energizes, and brings out our best. It points the mind toward possibilities and helps us think creatively past problems..

Too much attention on problems kills our faith in possibilities..

Most people confuse wishing and wanting with pursuing. You must place your trust in action..

Act as if success is certain..

If you must doubt something, doubt your limits..

But when we get enough people who don't care, and who don't accept personal responsibility for high ethical standards, our organization gets the "M" ….

The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd along the low road of le….

As consumers we get more demanding all the time. We want better quality. We want it faster. And cheaper. Plus, we want more choices. Whoever comes al….

Live according to the ethics of excellence, and you can always stand proud. Pride - not vanity, but dignity and self-respect - should carry a lot of ….

If you're experiencing no anxiety or discomfort, the risk you're taking probably isn't worthy of you. The only risks that aren't a little scary are t….

In these times of self-directed teams, empowered employees, and "boundaryless" organizations, your worth as an individual employee will also get meas….

You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room. If you se….

Optimism is a much more enabling mindset than hard-core realism, and it's far superior to pessimism...[because] Hope helps move us in the direction o….

Pay attention to the voice within. . . . Sometimes the voice of your conscience gets drowned out by crowd noise or by the pep rally of temptations. A….

Who is this vague "they" we blame for so many of our problems? "They" is the obscure party we use as our whipping boy to camouflage the fact that we ….

You have to get beyond blaming others . . . give up your excuses . . . stand responsible for what you do . . . ultimately, ethics ends up an individu….

Narrow life down to what's precious and necessary. In a world of complexity the best weapon is simplicity..

When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side in your struggle….

...Force yourself to use the optimist's explanatory style: 'The situation is temporary. The effect will be limited, not pervasive. And it's due to ex….

As tough as it sometimes looks on the front end, it's easier to do right than undo wrong..

Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes ….