“You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.”

By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place – it is a launching pad.

Real power comes by empowering others.

You become that to which you are most exposed.

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won’t, you most assuredly won’t. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Don’t let negative people determine your self-worth.

You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.

Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.

We’ve got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.

God’s Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

Don’t wait for mentors to seek you out. Don’t ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question.

Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it’s easier.

Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.

The winner’s edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner’s edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.

Things will change – that’s the best and worst of it.

The best of you is galaxies away from the ordinary.

I just want to be the best. I haven’t been in an all-out war. That doesn’t mean I’m not the best.

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

The best revenge in the world is success.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.

Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot.