“Your choices will define you; so make them the right ones.”

Never compromise on who you are. You are born with the capacity to achieve greatness if you so desire.

Dreams without goals remain dreams.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.

In order to change your life, you must change your thoughts.

I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

Learning to say no is a critical element to access greatness in your life.

On the path to success, there is always going to be an opportunity to help someone else be successful too. Take that opportunity, and be the kind of person who makes a difference in the lives of others.

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

There is a lot of joy to be found in reflecting upon your experiences as you work towards your dreams.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying.

If I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

I’ve been fortunate. I don’t pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

Children wish, vulgar men hope and real men act immediately after considering all the alternatives.

The things you own end up owning you.

The beauty of America is people can do what they like.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

People too often forget that we get to choose how something affects us.

I would rather be known and disliked than never truly known at all.