Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and read more

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind read more

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.

Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.

Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you.

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.

I feel like a micro cog in a macrocosm.

I feel like a micro cog in a macrocosm.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.