Dan Pena

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

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

“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.”

“The more emotional distractions you have the harder it is to accomplish your goals - especially at the extreme levels!”

“When I volunteered for the draft as a 20-year-old, mischievous guy at the height of the Vietnam War, most thought I was destined to pass from this earth early!”

“Super-success is not for everyone, and you will endure weeks and months and years of hard work, obstacles, failures, victories, pain, and any manner of 'negative' experiences to reap the rewards of success, drink from the golden goblet, own the brass ring.”

“Entrepreneurship is enduring pain for a long time without relinquishing.”

“Of course I have said, till I am blue in the face - people don't lack goals, passion, grit, or drive - they lack leadership!”

“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.”

“High performance people take action quickly and change their mind slowly!”

“Progress often masquerades as trouble.”

“Our lives are a series of lowered expectations year after year. We got pounded by everything around us. Just like our parents and their parents. We are products of our social and economic milieu.”

“The road to success is always under construction... there are lots of pot holes but no traffic jams.”

“It took me 8 years to graduate from undergraduate school because I kept 'communism from your door steps' for 3 1/2 years in between while serving in the U.S. Army.”

“I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt! And anyone who has been around me for even a minute understands that my self-confidence and self-esteem is sometimes overwhelming!”

“I have said many times: We have self-esteem or don't, based on how we were raised! Self-esteem is normally produced in your first 7-8 years of life.”

“In late May 1993, I gave my first QLA Seminar at the Sheraton Hotel in Los Angeles.”

“We are only as emotionally strong as our deepest/biggest secret!”

“The truth is, I almost always did accomplish what I said I would - in the face of overwhelming obstacles!”