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Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. read more
Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't read more
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have read more
Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right.
Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.
Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any read more
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, read more
We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.