you must become a person that others want to be around! This is far and away the greatest success secret in existence. A man or woman who has become someone others want to be around holds the world by the tail.

“One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.

you should ask yourself every day, ‘What is it about me that other people would change if they could?’ This is incredibly important introspection.

Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by our intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

A successful life has a great deal to do with perspective. And another person's perspective about you can sometimes be as important as your perspective is about yourself.”

There are people who don't mind the occasional curse word sprinkled into a conversation; there are also folks who don't want to hear any curse words. Now, you may not think there is anything wrong with cursing, but if you want to become a person that others want to be around, you must always hold your life to the very highest standard.”

Ask yourself this question every day: ‘What is it about me that other people would change if they could?’”

a law of the universe — one of many, to be sure, but one that is especially applicable to your life at present. Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases.”

“Most people think it takes a long time to change. It doesn't. Change is immediate! Instantaneous! It may take a long time to decide to change … but change happens in a heartbeat!”