Use your mind’s talents diligently, your heart’s powers incredibly, and your soul’s genius profitably.

A bird will only fall from the sky when it stops believing in its ability to fly, and a fish will only drown in water when it stops believing in its ability to swim.

A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.

If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else’s shadow, they might wilt.

A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one.

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

Bend the rules only if you have learned them; break the rules only if you have mastered them.

When excellence comes in at the door, failure flies out the window.

Your talent is a seed; cultivate it, and in no time, you will harvest success.