Be brief on the logic and reason portion of your presentation. There are probably about a thousand facts about an automobile, but you don't need them all to make a decision. About a half dozen will do.
You can cut down a tree with a hammer, but it takes about 30 days. If you trade the hammer for an ax, you can cut it down in about 30 minutes. The difference between 30 days and 30 minutes is skills.
Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
When confronted with iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, We might as well let him have his dream. He's said he's going to get there or die trying.
If you're going to affirm something, affirm the truth. Then go do something about it.
A rose on time is more valuable than a $1,000 gift that's too late.
There is something magical about putting a problem in writing. It is almost as though by writing about what is wrong, you start to discover new ways of making it right.
Some people read so little they have rickets of the mind.
When the promise is clear, the price gets easy
Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.
The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. That is why I wish to pay fair price for every value. If I have to pay for it or earn it, that makes something of me. If I get it for free, that makes nothing of me.
All values must be won by contest, and after they have been won, they must be defended.
Make measurable progress in reasonable time.
We get paid for bringing value to the market place.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.
It is what you do about what happens that counts.
Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.
Life responds to deserve and not to need.
