“Live each day as if it were your last, and you’ll develop a keen respect for opportunity.”

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.

Decide where you are going and how you are to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand.

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.

Nothing is impossible to the person who backs desire with enduring faith.

Success is knowing what you’re doing, loving what you’re doing, and believing what you’re doing.

To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to “know” is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

You can’t change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It’s not what you are going to do, but it’s what you are doing now that counts.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself.

Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another until you succeed.

You become what you think about.

Life reflects your own thoughts back to you.

We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Chinese thinkers developed strategic thought that placed a premium on victory through psychological advantage and preached the avoidance of direct conflict.

There is no one else to blame. The leader must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them, and develop a plan to win.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

I definitely wanna open up some assisted-living facilities around my city.

For leaders, the humility to admit and own mistakes and develop a plan to overcome them is essential to success. The best leaders are not driven by ego or personal agendas. They are simply focused on the mission and how best to accomplish it.