When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

Acquaintances represent a source of social power and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

Nobody accomplishes success by themselves.

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

Emotion is contagious.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

Achievement is talent plus preparation

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

By embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

The difference isn't resources, it's attitude.

Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper and re-imagines the world.