It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.

It is not always people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.

Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.

Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.

We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.

You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.