We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
The book you don't read won't help.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
Ideas can be life changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
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.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.
