Riches do not come by crossing your fingers and walking through the day hoping. Riches and wealth comes from well-laid plans.

Fascination is one step beyond interest. Interested people want to know if it works. Fascinated people want to learn how it works.

The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.

Get the most out of everything in your life; the happiness and the sadness, the success and the failure...get a good perspective of what life is all about. Let the orchestra of your life play all the notes, the high notes, the low rumblings of the difficulties and perplexities that all we all face.

Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties. Seek out the mentors that you need that will lead you to greatness in your field. If you're not willing to learn from others, who are you willing to learn from?

The best motivation is self-motivation.

The two great words of antiquity are behold and beware. Behold the possibilities and beware the temptations.