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

"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."

"It's easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success. Great leaders don't make excuses."

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

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

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

Most people add a page to their book of life as each day passes. Wise ones simply live out what they have written.

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

"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it."

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

The most important things in life . . . aren't things at all.

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."

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

If you don't have time to do something right, when are you going to find the time to fix it?

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

I will prepare, and some day my chance will come.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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

“The will must be stronger than the skill.”

It is easier to come up with a new idea than to let go of the old ones.

Those who anger you, control you.

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

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

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

I’ve learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.

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

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

The future is not some place we are going to but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made.

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

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