Dan Pena

“Life without dreams is like a bird with a broken wing - it can't fly.”

“Constantine 'Costa' Gratsos had made his fortune as a lifelong associate of shipping icon Aristotle Onassis. He took a liking to me, became my first mentor, and showed me how to swim in the deep, dangerous waters of business.”

“Jerry Ormand was already a legendary Texas oilman when I met him. Yet he took the time to introduce me to the fine points of the oil business and how to survive and prosper amid the chaos of a rough-and-tumble industry.”

“Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.”

“Jim Newman, the business visionary who created the term 'comfort zone,' showed me how to expand my horizons. Thanks to Jim, after I attended one of his PACE Seminars in 1978; I moved out of my comfort zone at Bear Stearns and became a super successful oilman.”

“I have written and said countless times it is not what happens to you in life that makes a difference! It is how we react to what happens to us in life that creates our history and - more importantly - our future!”

“There's no seminar in the world that will give you multi million-dollar advice on building a business from scratch!”

“A famous man once said, 'A sure formula for failure is to try and please everyone.' Some might say I built a career on doing just the opposite of pleasing everyone.”

“All you need is the desire, passion, and will to fulfil your dreams!”

“The truth is, successful people are not ten times smarter than you. They don't really work ten times harder than you. So why are they successful? Because their dreams are so much bigger than yours!”

“Good lawyers win so-so lawsuits. Great lawyers can win lawsuits in which you have little or no chance to win.”

“You have to have faith in people.”