High self-esteem comes from feeling like you have control over events not that events have control over you.

To me, words are like stickpins. I can throw a word at you and it will bounce right off your body. But if I take that little stickpin and wire it to the back of an iron bar called human emotion, I can put that thing right through your heart.

Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.

The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.

No food or drug will ever do for you what a fresh supply of oxygen will.

In the end, money should serve something greater than just money. It should serve you, your family, the people you want to touch.

If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory.