Don't fall in love with your own excuses.

Structure your presentation so that you appeal to the different interests of the different decision-makers involved.

The greatest treasures of your life are associated with the people you love and who love you in return.

You cannot control all of what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward all of what happens to you...You can choose to be happy and grateful rather than disappointed and bitter, by focusing on how it could have turned out worse but didn't, rather than how it could have turned out better but didn't.

Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

The better you get at your key skills, the more you accomplish in a shorter period of time.