Near enough is not good enough.

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.

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

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

Always be true to yourself.

Good things happen to good people.

Don't just write it, say it.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you can’t be kind be quiet.

Do as you would be done by.

Nobody knows anything.

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

Smile first, even if you plan to criticise someone.

Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.

Design a life.

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

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

Look for the miracle in everything.

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

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

Turn that doubting, critical voice into a supportive one.

Listen to learn. Learn to listen.

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

Measure twice, cut once.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

To thine own self be true.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Write at least one book in your lifetime.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Don't just stand there. Do something.

Never move jobs only for the money.

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

Always look at both sides before you judge.

Be nothing but yourself.

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

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

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

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

Don’t believe everything you think.

Make your life you life’s work.

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

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

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

Take worries off your bosses desk.

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

Price is the first indicator of quality.

Work hard and be nice.

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

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.

Be decent to people.

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

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

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

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

If there is doubt, there is no doubt.

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

You can’t bin a bus.

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.

All generalistions are bad.

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

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

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

Never stop learning.

Let them imagine what they want to imagine.

Always be prepared to apologise when you’re wrong.

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.

The more you do, the more you do.

Great minds like a think.

Seek forgiveness, not permission.

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

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

Less is more.

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.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

What matters is what matters to the people that matter.