If you're to succeed at any endeavor, the first and most important person you must convince is yourself. Success comes not from merely a belief that you can do it. Success comes when you absolutely know you can achieve it

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

You become what you think about most. When you continually focus on the fear of failure, failure will become real for you. Look instead at the possibilities. Look at what could happen if only you would attempt it. Sure, it might not succeed completely. Yet even then you will learn something.

A smile can work wonders. Put it to work for you.

Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares, and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be someone who comforts, and you will know peace.

Lasting achievement, whatever the endeavor, comes from a commitment to excellence every step of the way.

Achievement does not require extraordinary ability. Achievement comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.