The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

some books are meant to be tasted, some books are meant to be chewed and, finally, some books are meant to be swallowed whole

Read regularly. Reading for thirty minutes a day will do wonders for you. But I must caution you. Do not read just anything. You must be very selective about what you put into the lush garden of your mind. It must be immensely nourishing

Theonly limits on your life are those that you set yourself

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

My friend, saying that you don't have time to improve your thoughts and your life is like saying you don't have time to stop for gas because you are too busy driving. Eventually it will catch up with you.

life is all about choices. One’s destiny unfolds according to the choices one makes,

Albert Camus once said that ‘Real generosity toward the future consists in giving all to what is present.’

Winston Churchill and it spoke volumes about the man that Julian was:

Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw

was being consumed by the hunger for more: more prestige, more glory and more money