"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

“The will must be stronger than the skill.”

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather....Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car...

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life; the whole aim and end of human existence."

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and of true progress.

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

"Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do."

"The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity!

"Management is doing things right; Leadership is doing the right things.

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

"Wait for them to become decadent and lazy." (Speaking of when is your enemy most vulnerable)

Today's doubts define the only limit to realizing tomorrow's dreams.

"When superiors and subordinates are in harmony, equally brave and enthusiastic in battle, that makes for strength."

Those who anger you, control you.

"I believe that people should strive for the top of their game, not necessarily the top of the organization."

"Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention."

Don't measure success by how high one climbs but rather, how high one bounces when they hit bottom.

Some men fish all their lives without really knowing it is not the fish they are after.

"A good friend never gets in your way unless you are going down"

"Remember, No decision IS a decision . . . to do nothing."

Let our worrying become advanced thinking and planning.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."

Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs - - Jolted by every pebble in the road.

"All you have to do is know where you're going. The answers will come to you of their own accord."

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

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become.

The hardest victory is the one over one's self.

You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage them. The good ones keep grinding it out.