Think outside of the box. Work outside of the box. Dream outside of the box. Succeed outside of the box.

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too must do what you do best without worrying about who is ridiculing you.

Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.

In a world full of pebbles dare to be a diamond.

Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn’t mean you have to join the circus.

The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened.

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

In a world full of daisies dare to be a rose.

The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.

Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you.

A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.

One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed.

The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.

The lonely road to greatness is better than the crowded road to mediocrity.

Ordinary people pursue money, simple people pursue power, average people pursue fame, but extraordinary people pursue ideas.

Stress-free moments certainly exist, but that is the extent of it. People, who have bought into the idea of a stress-free life, believe they should be happy and positive all the time. They have been sold a damaging falsehood. As the first sentence in M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Travelled famously said: “Life is difficult.” Learning to deal effectively with life’s difficulties, learning to manage the inevitable stress of life is attainable, while eliminating stress is not.