The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

Good looks opens doors. Good hair blows them off the hinges.

How you are to others on the way up is how they will be to you when you plateau, stall or fall. And you will.

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

When creating a brand you only need the answers to 3 questions. 1. What is the problem? 2. What is the solution? 3. Why can only they do it?

Write at least one book in your lifetime.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Just remember everyone is an expert at their own job, and marketing.

Speak Up. Speak up to inspire others. Speak up to challenge and change. Speak up to celebrate and praise.

There are those that can. The rest are can'ts.

3 rules of management. 1) Fire the arseholes. 2) Get out of the way. 3) Make everything a learning experience.

Be nothing but yourself.

Do real stuff that real people really value first (and second and third ..), worry about everything else last.

Aways keep a book of potentially good ideas. News clippings, movie scenes, songs, art, whatever really.

Don't take "No" from someone who can't say "Yes".

Spend time preparing before meeting lawyers. They charge by the hour.

Smile first, even if you plan to criticise someone.

Don't just stand there. Do something.

Work hard and be nice.

You can't polish a turd...but you can roll it in glitter.

Reach for the stars but keep your feet on the ground. 

When driving, always treat everyone else on the road as an idiot. Whether walking, on bikes, motorbikes, or in cars always assume those near you will do something amazingly stupid.

You can’t bin a bus.

Near enough is not good enough.

Don’t be mean giving credit. There’s plenty of glory for everybody in success.

The secret of success in advertising is to care passionately but ultimately not give a shit.

Do as you would be done by.

The phone will never ring unless you make the first call.

Sign your letters in blue pen, so people know it is you and not a photocopy

Always look at both sides before you judge.

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Avoid buying the best of what you are offered, but instead work out what you need and go find it.

Don't just write it, say it.

It's not the situation that you find yourself in that matters, it's how you react to the situation that you find yourself in that matters.

Before publishing any significant note, publication, deck, or making any big decision, sleep on it. If you're ever told 'I have to have your answer now' ignore it.

Never stop reading and always have something to read with you, especially when you travel.

To thine own self be true.

Be nice to everyone on your way up, for you never know who you will meet on the way down.

You have two choices in life, to sit in the trench and wait for the enemy to come to kill you; or go climb out over the top and come out shooting.

Leadership is about empathy - having the ability to relate and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering them.

There are those that think with their left brain. The rest are right.

If you can’t be kind be quiet.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. And be kinder than is necessary.

Always be prepared to apologise when you’re wrong.

There are three constants in life...change, choice and principles.

All generalistions are bad.

If there is doubt, there is no doubt.

People won't remember what you said, they won't remember what you did, but they'll never forget how you made them feel.

It’s not what you say that counts, it’s what they hear that matters.

The human mind is like a parachute. It works much better when it's open.

If it doesn't kill you, or get you arrested, just do it.

Let them imagine what they want to imagine.

Less is more.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

Nobody knows anything.

Listen to learn. Learn to listen.

Price is the first indicator of quality.

Always empty the dishwasher before you go to bed - even if that is 3 am.

Design a life.

Always get into a sports car bottom first (so as not to flash your pants in a skirt).

There is no such thing as a bad idea - only an inappropriate one.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

If you follow conventional wisdom, all you'll ever be is conventional.

Always be true to yourself.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

It's ok to disagree, but there is no need to be disagreeable about it.

Look for the miracle in everything.

Don’t believe everything you think.

All you need to be is just a little bit better than you were yesterday…now you can manage that more than an Oscar or an Olympic medal.

Measure twice, cut once.

Ask yourself what gets you out of bed in the morning?

Never stop learning.

When people advise you that things can’t get any worse, beware, they nearly always do!

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Whatever is unconscious to you, happens upon you as fate.

The skill of sculpting is you just chip away everything that isn't David.

The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The more you do, the more you do.

If you are not able to follow, then you won’t be able to lead.

Seek forgiveness, not permission.

Good things happen to good people.

Never move jobs only for the money.

It’s amazing what can be achieved when you don’t care who gets the credit.

Great minds like a think.

"I am a rebel." Answer written to the question describe yourself in 3 words.

There are those that write the rules. Those that follow the rules. And those that bend the rules.

Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.

Turn that doubting, critical voice into a supportive one.

Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes ... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules, & they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things.They push the human race forward, & while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the people who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.

What matters is what matters to the people that matter.

You are the only person in your own personal pity party, so the sooner you get out of it and get on with it, the better.

Do unto others as you'd like to be done by. But if they screw you, screw them back.

Make your life you life’s work.

If you want things to change, you have to change things.

Be decent to people.

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

Welcome to the board. The place where shit flows upwards.

Make things as simple as they need to be, and no simpler.

Remember that however bad things get they usually turn into a funny story later.

Don’t just say you don’t do bad things - don’t do them.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Take worries off your bosses desk.

Always face the sun so your shadows will be behind you.