The tide of mortality never stops, which is why you can’t afford the luxury of merely treading water.

Focus on bettering yourself rather than trying to bend the world to your will. The former is possible and beneficial; the latter is impossible and frustrating.

Rule No. 1 of life: The world isn’t always fair. Your challenge is to figure out how to succeed in spite of the unfairness of life.

Pay the price on the front end so you can enjoy the benefits over the long term.

Time will pass. Get started today so you aren’t looking back six months from now and saying, “Gee, if only I had started on that project six months ago.”

Make it a habit to concentrate on opportunities rather than problems.

Don’t live for the moment. Live in the moment.

You don’t have time to worry about critics, because you don’t have enough hours in a day to do everything you should be doing to succeed.