When you invest in people and lift them toward their potential, they will love you for it.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

You need courage to be creative. You need the courage to see things differently, courage to go against the crowd, courage to take a different approach, courage to stand alone, if you have to, courage to choose activity over inactivity.

We are all affected by five things. But the most important thing that affects us is our dreams--our ability to see the future. But here's why we don't reach into the future. We're trapped either by regret of the past or the routine of the present. So make sure that the greatest pull on you is the pull of the future.

Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way.

Don’t blow your own horn, or you might just miss the music.

The big question is, are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?