“Life is not a success-only journey. You are going to get beat up along the way. And you’ve got to have the strength of character to get up and get back in the game.”

If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don’t carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.

Take the high road, there’s a lot less traffic up there.

When you allow a person’s words to upset you, you’re giving away your power.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we’re capable of.

Learn when’s a good time to shut up

I’ve never eaten a taco, and I don’t plan to.

Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.

Can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

You can’t change other people or (some) conditions; you can change only your reactions to them.

You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.

First, you’re going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.

In the meantime, let’s agree that what makes a problem big is simply that it’s yours.

These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children, the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.

Childhood decisions do not have to define you.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

Something deep in my character allows me to take the hits and get on with trying to win.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.