When building a team, I first look for people who love to
win, if I can't find any of those, read more

When building a team, I first look for people who love to
win, if I can't find any of those, then I look for people who hate to
lose.

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself read more

The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... By purpose, I
don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you read more

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... By purpose, I
don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are
always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have
of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want
to lead.

A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles.

A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles.

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that read more

I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the
consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater
pleasures.

Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.

Most of life is choices, and the rest is pure dumb luck.

Perhaps our eyes are merely a blank film which is taken from us after our deaths to be developed elsewhere read more

Perhaps our eyes are merely a blank film which is taken from us after our deaths to be developed elsewhere and screened as our life story in some infernal cinema or dispatched as microfilm into the sidereal void.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps read more

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.