A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.

And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.

So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist.

Don't let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that is the worst form of failure.

If our lives are truly plans of God, someone had better call a meeting soon to remind us, once more, what great miracles we really are.

The road to success, for me, was a long and arduous journey, strewn with obstacles and traps, pitfalls and hurdles-all created by myself. Painful as it is, I speak of those sad and frustrating times whenever I am invited to address sales gatherings, corporate conventions, and success rallies, in the hope that my personal experiences will serve as sufficient evidence for all who hear me that they have it in their own power to make their lives as glorious or as terrible as they choose.

Never will I pray for the material things of the world. I am not calling to a servant to bring me food. I am not ordering an innkeeper to provide me with room. Never will I seek delivery of gold, love, good health, petty victories, fame, success, or happiness. Only for guidance will I pray, that I may be shown the way to acquire these things, and my prayer will always be answered.