Peak performance is dependent on passion, grit, determination, and a willingness to do something poorly until you can do it well.

You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through

The way you see people is the way you treat them

You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job

Of all the 'attitudes' we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them

The greatest cause of a poor image is the absence of unconditional love

Like sterling silver, love will tarnish unless it is polished with daily applications of interest, involvement, and expressions of love.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they’re on the same side

To a child love is spelled T-I-M-E.

The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank accounts, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the “love” account.

When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you’re making a commitment and difference in that person’s life. Encouragement really does make a difference

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace

When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes to fit those situations before they arise

Action often precedes the feeling

If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you’ll never end up with a nag

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side

People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

What you do today can change all the tomorrow's of your life.

Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.

It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

Before a person can achieve the kind of life he wants, he must think, act, walk, talk and conduct himself in all of his affairs as would the person he wishes to become.

The THINGS that COUNT most IN LIFE ARE the THINGS that CAN'T BE COUNTED.

If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.

Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable.

Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. What you see in others, exists in you.

Make today worth remembering.

Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50 feet, then split first arrow with the second. Would it be possible for you to shoot better than him? YES, if he were blindfolded! How can you hit a target you can't see? Even worse, how can you hit a target you don't even have!? You need to have GOALS in your life!

The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.

None of the really bright people I knew in college went into politics. They all sensed that, in terms of making a change in the world, politics wasn’t the place to be in the late Sixties and Seventies. All of them are in business now, which is funny, because they were the same people who trekked off to India or who tried in one way or another to find some sort of truth about life.

We have a major opportunity to influence where Apple is going. As every day passes, the work fifty people are doing here is going to send a giant ripple through the universe. I am really impressed with the quality of our ripple. I know I might be a little hard to get on with, but this is the most fun I’ve had in my life. I’m having a blast.

We attract a different kind of person – a person who doesn’t want to wait five or ten years to have someone take a giant risk on him or her. Someone who really wants to get a little over his head and make a little dent in the universe.

My job is to say when something sucks rather than sugarcoat it.

What I’m best at doing is finding a group of talented people and making things with them.

What I do all day, is meet with teams of people, and work on ideas, and solve problems, to make new products, to make new marketing programs, whatever it is.

The greatest people are self-managing – they don’t need to be managed. Once they know what to do, they’ll go figure out how to do it. What they need is a common vision. And that’s what leadership is: [h]aving a vision; being able to articulate that so the people around you can understand it; and getting a consensus on a common vision.

Somebody once told me, “Manage the top line, and the bottom line will follow.” What’s the top line? It’s things like, why are we doing this in the first place? What’s our strategy? What are customers saying? How responsive are we? Do we have the best products and the best people? Those are the kind of questions you have to focus on.

Don’t get hung up on who owns the idea. Pick the best one, and let’s go.