I am thankful for the adversities, which have crossed my pathway, for they taught me tolerance, sympathy, self-control, perseverance and some other virtues I might never have known.

If you don't know what you want, don't say you never had a chance.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

The major weakness of all educational systems is that they neither teach nor encourage the habit of definite decision.

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.