“If a hundred-foot oak tree had the mind of a human, it would only grow to be ten feet tall!”

Comfort kills! If your goal in life is to be comfortable, I guarantee two things. First, you will never be rich. Second, you will never be happy.

Rich people focus on what they want, while poor people focus on what they don’t want.

If you don’t have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don’t overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.

Rich people think BIG. Poor people think small.

Remember, your motto is, if they can do it, I can do it!

In my experience, getting rich takes focus, courage, knowledge, expertise, 100 percent of your effort, a never-give-up attitude and of course a rich mind-set.

Most of all, having money allows you not to have to spend your energy worrying about not having money.

The only way to earn what you’re really worth is to get paid based on your results.

Either you’re a person who will be stopped, or you are a person who won’t be stopped. You choose.

Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.

Everything happens for a reason and that reason is there to assist me.

My definition of financial freedom is simple: it is the ability to live the lifestyle you desire without having to work or rely on anyone else for money.

If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.

Happiness doesn’t come from living a lukewarm life, always wondering what could have been. Happiness comes as a result of being in our natural state of growth and living up to our fullest potential.

Money brings freedom-freedom to buy what you want , and freedom to do what you want with your time. Money allows you to enjoy the finer things in life as well as giving you the opportunity to help others have the necessities in life.

We need to practice acting in spite of fear, in spite of doubt, in spite of worry, in spite of uncertainty, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort, and even to practice acting when we’re not in the mood to act.

I got brilliant stories from people who’d never set foot in an MFA program and had published very little, and terrible stories from people who’d published a lot and had all the credentials. It was all over the map and that was part of the fun.

As for the accusation of intellectual pride, surely the boot is on the other foot. Atheists don’t claim to know anything with certainty — it’s the believers who know it all.

And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow’d them with her odorous foot.

But, if you miss (the supposedly easy pin) by just a little bit, you’re looking at the next putt from 30 feet. The ball just rolls away.

The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that the press and camera will report their exact dimensions.

Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper’s arm.

Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated.

I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.