The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in their way, they will use them for stepping-stones and climb to new heights. People who succeed have a goal, a dream and make their plans and follow them.

Dare to risk public criticism.

Most of us die with our music underplayed...We should try to step out of our comfort zones and do the things we're capable of.

People fail forward to success.

While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.

God did not have time to make a nobody, so you're a somebody.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.