Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity read more

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he read more

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone