Never be satisfied with where you are; always strive for better.

Talent is how quickly your skills improve when you invest effort. Effort is what makes skill productive.

You know what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don’t have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it’s important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence.