Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way.

Average people look for ways of getting away with it; successful people look for ways of getting on with it.

It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.

Life is a unique combination of "want to" and "how to" and we need to give equal attention to both.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.'