Instead of just letting life happen, I'm going to make it happen for me.
Real success comes in small portions day by day. You need to take pleasure in life's daily little treasures. It is the most important thing in measuring success.
Conceive + Believe = Achieve.
If you have real, internal value, you don't need a loud, expensive imitation.
I would rather fail trying than succeed at doing nothing.
Learn how to grow out of yourself and into the world of others: Plant a shade tree under which you know you will never sit. Set some goals that may benefit your children or an orphanage or the employees of your company or future generations or your own city, fifty years from now.