If you're to fulfill your vision for a better life, you must formulate a plan of action. Effective planning involves identifying and prioritizing those actions that will move you most efficiently toward your goal.

You know, you're living in a society where if you say something that you might think may be OK, when it's more sensitive to that particular culture. You have to be very, very careful.

If you did the same thing you did yesterday as you did today as you will do tomorrow, what have you done? The same thing.

Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.

There are always risks when you chase after a dream because growth requires that you leave your comfort zone and enter unknown territory. But without confronting those risks and facing your fears, you'll never, as Nike says, "Just do it." Now the truth is, you may fail in some of your efforts, but you will never succeed if you are not willing to risk failure. And even if you do fail, you can learn from the experience and try again. To do that, you will need courage, and you will also need to have faith in your ability to achieve your goals.

Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person.

I've found that often, just when you think you've hit a wall, you experience a breakthrough that takes you to new heights in accomplishment