We must risk going too far to discover just how far we can go.

Keep the weeds of negative influence from your life. 'Farm' the seeds of constructive influence.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.

The book you don't read won't help.

Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will be attacked. All values must be defended. In all areas of the human existence, what we put into this world, we get back from it.

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger. On list of human stories is used examples - do what these people did. Another list of human stories is used as warnings - don't do what these people did. So if your story ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an example, not a warning.