- No matter how hard you try, you cannot please everybody.
- Everybody cannot think like you.
- If you are optimistic you are right, if you are pessimistic you are also right; but it pays to be optimistic if one really wants to be happy.
- That nothing is free in the real sense of the word.
- The people you associate with will determine your altitude. The power of association is so great, it cannot be over estimated.
- Everybody has a secret.
- People are interested in you when you are profitable.
- The more open you are about things you think you know, the more people will open up to you; and the more you will realize you don’t know anything.
- If you really want to do something, you will always have justifiable excuses for wanting to do it; same way, if you don’t want to do something.
- Life is motion; nobody stays in one plays. Either forward or backward, there must be motion.
- Talent without hard work is useless.
- You don’t need to put money first. Pursue excellence, and money will follow automatically.
- Nobody wants to be seen as a means to an end.
- No matter what you choose to do in life, you must sacrifice something.
- When people talk carelessly about issue or people, it is probably because they do not value them. Things people truly value are usually enshrouded in silence.
- That generalization is wrong – If something is working for you, it does not mean it will work for everybody.
- You cannot really plan your life – unforeseen circumstances happen; and they define our lives for better or worse.
- No matter how good you are, there will always be people who are better. It is good to be humble.
- When people tell their stories by themselves, they invariably tell a lie because you cannot see yourself as you really are.
- You cannot bulldoze your way to love. Love just happens.
20 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Attained that Age “20”
