The situations that have been the biggest wins for me have been because I was forced to think differently.

Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.

You have chosen the pathway to your present destination. The responsibility for your situation is yours.

We are all in situations of our own choosing. Our thinking creates a pathway to success or failure. By disclaiming responsibility for our present, we crush the prospect of an incredible future that might have been ours.

But did you know that during the past quarter century, no presidential election has been won by more than ten million ballots cast? Yet every federal election during the same time period had at least one hundred million people of voting age who did not bother to vote!

Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.