You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.
When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more?
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.
The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!
If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.
That's the name of the game. . . pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we've lost the ball game.
One of the reasons I'm drawn to civil libertarianism as opposed to communitarianism is that I don't worry so much about the rights of the majority; a majority is quite capable of enforcing and protecting its own rights.
The small day-to-day decisions will determine the course of your lives.
Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money, I mean, because I'm established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction.
My dogs are spoilt for sure. They are pampered pooches. But I love them so much! I guess all dogs need to be washed, but maybe blueberry facials aren't essential. It's quite fun, though. You want to give your children everything; I don't have children, so I want my dogs to have a good life.