“Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.”

“If there is one thing I know, it is this, rich people are remarkably unremarkable.”

Valuing Yourself and Your Needs (As a Parent): This is about taking care of your OWN needs as a parent because when you consistently put yourself last to be taken care of and habitually continue to sacrifice your basic necessities to make everyone else happy…Essentially, what you’re teaching your children is that they’re here to be of service to others, then themselves. In other words, you’re teaching them to take advantage of you and use you as they please, which in turn communicates to them that they’re most likely to be used. To prevent this from happening, you need to set consistent limits that protect you from demands that could be overbearing and unfair. That way, you’re communicating that your basic needs are just as important as theirs. It’s true…often times parents that are constantly sacrificing themselves are idealized and praised by other parents. You know… the ones that have no hobbies, no friends and no avenue of enjoyment. Is this really desirable? Parents constantly stressed about the needs of others in the family are usually irritable, and unmotivated to try anything new, fun or exciting. How can parents do this long term with no outlet? Instead, us parents need to enjoy ourselves and focus on being re-energized. When you take good care of yourself, you provide the means to take better care of your children. Going out to dinner or cocktails, trips to the gym 3 or 4 times a week, date night with your spouse or even some alone time reading or going for a walk allows you to be a more productive, interested and patient parent.”

“Move out of Your Comfort Zone”

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. The bigger your goals and the clearer they are, the more excited you become about achieving them. The more you think about your goals, the greater becomes your inner drive and desire to accomplish them.” 

“The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek  opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you  desire.”

“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself and be lenient to everyone else.” —HENRY WARD BEECHER, NINETEENTH-CENTURY CLERGYMAN”

“The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.”

“You have within you,right now,everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”

“The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”

“The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.”

“No person or situation can make you feel anything-it is only the way you think about a situation that makes you feel the way you do.”

“Courage is not absence of fear; it is control of fear, mastery of fear.”

Galileo once wrote, "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”

“Success in life is in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do.”