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Build wisdom and confidence in others by forcing them to think and decide for themselves.

Few things feel as unbelievably great as working out hard.

He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.

Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn't threaten them.

To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.

A runner doesn't just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?

Successful people do what is right no matter how they feel, and by doing right, they feel good.

Turn off your mind, and focus on what you've got to do - task at hand.

In my experience, followers always ask leaders 3 questions: 1) Do you care 4 me? 2) Can you help me? 3) Can I trust you?

Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts even more.

Be generous, be humble, and be grateful when achieving your dreams.

The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.

If you don't try, if you don't do something for yourself, you won't get anywhere.

The only job security you have today os your commitment to continuous personal improvement.

Knowledge people and service people learn the most when they teach .

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

There have been meetings of only a moment which have left impressions for life ...for eternity. No one can understand that mysterious thing we call 'influence' ...yet everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.

"Spirituality" in business sounds lofty. How practical is it? The answer is "very." There's a fundamental way in which Spirit and consciousness contribute to worldly success-and it has long been ignored. [. . .] As experts, authors and gurus often note, the game of business is to influence the external world. But here's the point: How can you control your environment if you can't even manage your own thoughts and emotions? In other words, how do you rule the world without first mastering yourself? The cornerstone of effective leadership is self-mastery.

The ability to keep a cool head in an emergency, maintain poise in the midst of excitement, and to refuse to be stampeded are true marks of leadership.

Much of the present difficulty in industrial relations arises from the fact that too many employers as well as too many legislators take the Labor Leader more seriously than he deserves to be taken, while taking the ordinary, everyday, middle-of-the-road wage-earner less seriously than he deserves to be taken.