“You give before you get.”
- Napoleon Hill

“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”
-John Stuart Mill

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
- George S. Patton

“Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.”
- Napoleon Hill

“Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.”
- Napoleon Hill

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.”
- Napoleon Hill

“If you don’t know what you want, you won’t know when you’ve gotten it”
- WiseBread

This is why mission statements, visions for the future and to-do lists are so important. Human beings are goal oriented individuals.

I’ve just completed my “things-to-do-before-I-turn-30″ list. This list included starting a family, starting a business and buying a home. WooHoo!

Now for my “things-to-do-before-I-turn-40″ list.

I already had a quote for #4, but I replaced it with this one. This is SO true.

“Money without brains is always dangerous.”
- Napoleon Hill

“man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”
- Napoleon Hill

“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
- Napoleon Hill