excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.

If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors' and mutual fund managers' retirement.

If you learn life's lessons, you will do well. If not, life will just continue to push you around. People do two things. Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it's life that's pushing.

It is not how much you make that counts, but how much money you keep.

Anyone can be an entrepreneur. All it takes is a little drive and ambition.

Friends and family will tell you why your ideas won't work. Most are left-brained employees and specialists and NOT entrepreneurs.

Don't be so bitter about a bad experience from your past that you miss the opportunities in front of you.