Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods.

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am.

Habits are like submarines; they run silent and deep.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

Positive self-expectancy is the first, most outwardly identifiable quality of a top-achieving, winning human being. Positive self-expectancy is pure and simple optimism: real enthusiasm for everything you do... [while] expecting the most favorable result from your own actions. There never was a winner who didn't expect to win in advance. Winners understand that life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. And they know that you usually get what you expect in the long run.

We are supposed to forgive everyone; everyone includes ourselves.

Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.