Faith must always pass the test of discouragement.

Instincts under pressure crush the carbon of conformity and create diamonds. Each new season of life offers to train us for the next season if we pay attention and adapt.

Every major move in my life was done instinctively.

Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation.

When you leave the familiar and enter the unknown, your fear becomes refined by experience and hammered into tools of survival on the anvil of anxiety.

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded.

Surround yourself with those who won’t compete but will revel in your success and see your ascent as a reflection of their own possibilities.