“Booker T. Washington said, “You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.”

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

“You’ve got to be brave. You’ve got to be strong.” When you’re grieving, that’s not the time to be brave. That’s not the time to be strong. You need to be human.

“It is not your aptitude but your ATTITUDE that decides your altitude in life.”

“You can have everything you want in life if you just help enough people get what they want in life.” 

“The little things in life frequently make the difference in success and failure.”

“Why settle for the ‘get by’ when in the long run the good costs less?” 

“We do not stop working and playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop working and playing.”

“Most people have heard of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India to independence from British rule. His life has been memorialized in books and film, and he is regarded as one of the great men in history. But did you know Gandhi did not start out as a great hero? He was born into a middle-class family. He had low self-esteem, and that made him reluctant to interact with others. He wasn’t a very good student, either, and he struggled just to finish high school. His first attempt at higher education ended in five months. His parents decided to send him to England to finish his education, hoping the new environment would motivate him. Gandhi became a lawyer. The problem when he returned to India was that he didn’t know much about Indian law and had trouble finding clients. So he migrated to South Africa and got a job as a clerk. Gandhi’s life changed one day while riding on a train in South Africa in the first-class section. Because of his dark skin, he was forced to move to a freight car. He refused, and they kicked him off the train. It was then he realized he was afraid of challenging authority, but that he suddenly wanted to help others overcome discrimination if he could. He created a new vision for himself that had value and purpose. He saw value in helping people free themselves from discrimination and injustice. He discovered purpose in life where none had existed previously, and that sense of purpose pulled him forward and motivated him to do what best-selling author and motivational speaker Andy Andrews calls “persist without exception.” His purpose and value turned him into the winner he was born to be,” 

“When you’ve got a strong enough why, you can always fi nd the how.”

“The story of life repeatedly assures you that if you will use what you have, you will be given more to use.”

“desire is the catalyst that enables a person with average ability to compete and win against others with more natural talent.” 

“Value and purpose are about understanding the specific benefits you will help people receive if they receive what you have for them.”

“Are you a meaningful specific or a wandering generality ?”

“It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through.”