1. “Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
2. “When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.”
3. “The way we see the problem is the problem.”
4. “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”
5. “Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.”
6. “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
7. “It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.”
8. “Start with the end in mind.”
9. “Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.”
10. “Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”
11. “Courage isn’t absent of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important.”
12. “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”
13. “Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic.”
14. “To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
15. “Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.”
16. “As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem.”
17. “Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell.”
18. “There are three constants in life… Change, Choice and Principles.”
19. “People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.”
20. “The biggest communication problem is we o not listen to understand. We listen to reply.”
21. “Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us.”
22. “Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.”
23. “People can’t live with change if there’s not a changeless core inside them.”
24. “Each of us guard a gate of change that can be opened from the inside.”
25. “If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”
26. “The person who doesn’t read is no better off than the person who can’t read.”
27. “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
28. “You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.”
29. “Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
30. “We can’t live without eating, but we don’t live to eat.”
