Great minds like a think.
To thine own self be true.
Do real stuff that real people really value first (and second and third ..), worry about everything else last.
Welcome to the board. The place where shit flows upwards.
Write at least one book in your lifetime.
Seek forgiveness, not permission.
Always be true to yourself.
Make things as simple as they need to be, and no simpler.
Nobody knows anything.
If there is doubt, there is no doubt.
If it doesn't kill you, or get you arrested, just do it.
There are three constants in life...change, choice and principles.
Always empty the dishwasher before you go to bed - even if that is 3 am.
Be decent to people.
Design a life.
It’s amazing what can be achieved when you don’t care who gets the credit.
3 rules of management. 1) Fire the arseholes. 2) Get out of the way. 3) Make everything a learning experience.
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.
Just remember everyone is an expert at their own job, and marketing.
Avoid buying the best of what you are offered, but instead work out what you need and go find it.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take.
Sign your letters in blue pen, so people know it is you and not a photocopy
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
If you are not able to follow, then you won’t be able to lead.
Measure twice, cut once.
Don’t believe everything you think.
Take worries off your bosses desk.
When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Price is the first indicator of quality.
The human mind is like a parachute. It works much better when it's open.
All generalistions are bad.
The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
The more you do, the more you do.
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.
Always face the sun so your shadows will be behind you.
If you follow conventional wisdom, all you'll ever be is conventional.
If you want things to change, you have to change things.
When people advise you that things can’t get any worse, beware, they nearly always do!
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.
Make your life you life’s work.
Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
Whatever is unconscious to you, happens upon you as fate.
The phone will never ring unless you make the first call.
Do unto others as you'd like to be done by. But if they screw you, screw them back.
You can’t bin a bus.
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.
The skill of sculpting is you just chip away everything that isn't David.
Spend time preparing before meeting lawyers. They charge by the hour.
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.
Don't just stand there. Do something.
Don't take "No" from someone who can't say "Yes".
Speak Up. Speak up to inspire others. Speak up to challenge and change. Speak up to celebrate and praise.
It's ok to disagree, but there is no need to be disagreeable about it.
What matters is what matters to the people that matter.
Don’t be mean giving credit. There’s plenty of glory for everybody in success.
Turn that doubting, critical voice into a supportive one.
There are those that think with their left brain. The rest are right.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Work hard and be nice.
Good looks opens doors. Good hair blows them off the hinges.
Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.
Let them imagine what they want to imagine.
The secret of success in advertising is to care passionately but ultimately not give a shit.
Leadership is about empathy - having the ability to relate and connect with people for the purpose of inspiring and empowering them.
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
Ask yourself what gets you out of bed in the morning?
Good things happen to good people.
Remember that however bad things get they usually turn into a funny story later.
There is no such thing as a bad idea - only an inappropriate one.
Listen to learn. Learn to listen.
If you can’t be kind be quiet.
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.
There are those that can. The rest are can'ts.
Reach for the stars but keep your feet on the ground.
You can't polish a turd...but you can roll it in glitter.
Be nothing but yourself.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Never stop reading and always have something to read with you, especially when you travel.
There are those that write the rules. Those that follow the rules. And those that bend the rules.
"I am a rebel." Answer written to the question describe yourself in 3 words.
Aways keep a book of potentially good ideas. News clippings, movie scenes, songs, art, whatever really.
Less is more.
Never stop learning.
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.
It’s not what you say that counts, it’s what they hear that matters.
Near enough is not good enough.
Be nice to everyone on your way up, for you never know who you will meet on the way down.
Don’t just say you don’t do bad things - don’t do them.
Always look at both sides before you judge.
Always get into a sports car bottom first (so as not to flash your pants in a skirt).
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.
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.
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?
Do as you would be done by.
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.
Never move jobs only for the money.
Always be prepared to apologise when you’re wrong.
Don't just write it, say it.
Smile first, even if you plan to criticise someone.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. And be kinder than is necessary.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
People won't remember what you said, they won't remember what you did, but they'll never forget how you made them feel.
I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
Look for the miracle in everything.