Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.

Life is too short to spend your precious time trying to convince a person who wants to live in gloom and doom otherwise. Give lifting that person your best shot, but don't hang around long enough for his/her bad attitude to pull you down. Instead, surround yourself with optimistic people.

I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!

Once a need is satisfied, it is no longer a motivator. Satisfaction does not increase motivation

We miss 100 percent of the sales we don’t ask for.

It's not the situation, but whether we react, or respond, to the situation that's important.

You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future