To come from no voice, no power, and to be able to achieve what I have means that only my own personal vision holds me back.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance.

I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

Have the boldness to tell yourself the truth - every bit of it.

You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you. Theologian Howard Thurman said it best. He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.