“People who do not believe in themselves have trouble believing in others.”

“A great dream with a bad team is nothing more than a nightmare.”

“La motivación siempre es directamente proporcional al nivel de expectativa”

“Instead of trying to be great, be part of something greater than yourself.”

“When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.”

“You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning within your own.”

“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don’t want to make mistakes.”

“People who achieve their potential do so because they invest in themselves every day.”

“If you keep your mind active, regularly take on mental challenges, and continually think abuot the right things, you will develop the disciplined thinking that will help you with whatever you endeavor to do.”

“The rewards leaders give are counterbalanced by the results that their people give in return.”

“Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.”

“Education makes all the difference.”

“The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others. You cannot produce consistently on a level higher than your leadership. In other words, your leadership skills determine the level of your success-and the success of those who work around you.”

“Several years ago Dr. Maxwell Maltz’s book, Psycho-Cybernetics, was one of the most popular books on the market. Dr. Maltz was a plastic surgeon who often took disfigured faces and made them more attractive. He observed that in every case, the patient’s self-image rose with his and her physical improvement. In addition to being a successful surgeon, Dr. Maltz was a great psychologist who understood human nature. A wealthy woman was greatly concerned about her son, and she came to Dr. Maltz for advice. She had hoped that the son would assume the family business following her husband’s death, but when the son came of age, he refused to assume that responsibility and chose to enter an entirely different field. She thought Dr. Maltz could help convince the boy that he was making a grave error. The doctor agreed to see him, and he probed into the reasons for the young man’s decision. The son explained, “I would have loved to take over the family business, but you don’t understand the relationship I had with my father. He was a driven man who came up the hard way. His objective was to teach me self-reliance, but he made a drastic mistake. He tried to teach me that principle in a negative way. He thought the best way to teach me self-reliance was to never encourage or praise me. He wanted me to be tough and independent. Every day we played catch in the yard. The object was for me to catch the ball ten straight times. I would catch that ball eight or nine times, but always on that tenth throw he would do everything possible to make me miss it. He would throw it on the ground or over my head but always so I had no chance of catching it.” The young man paused for a moment and then said, “He never let me catch the tenth ball—never! And I guess that’s why I have to get away from his business; I want to catch that tenth ball!”

“a smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.”