Failures . . . believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances ... by things that happen to them ... by exterior forces.

The person with just one good idea is a thousand times better off than the person with no good ideas.

It's the courage to stay with something long enough to succeed at it.

Courage changes things for the better...[With courage you can] stay with something long enough to succeed at it, realizing that it usually takes two, three or four times as long to succeed as you thought or hoped.

That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control.

Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity.