“Like sterling silver, love will tarnish unless it is polished with daily applications of interest, involvement, and expressions of love.”

“When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.”

“If you always do what you've always done, you're always going to get what you've always gotten.”

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

“failure is an event, it is not a person—yesterday ended last night—today is a brand new day and it’s yours.” 

“Peak performance is dependent on passion, grit, determination, and a willingness to do something poorly until you can do it well.”

“Hope is the engine of your attitude, and your attitude determines your altitude.”

“What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.”

“Express gratitude for what you have. This increases the possibility that eventually you will have more to express gratitude for.”

“When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.”

“It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.”

“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,” 

“Positive thinking won’t let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

“Before you change your thinking, you have to change what goes into your mind

“out from under it. “We never do anything well 'til we cease to think about the manner of doing it.” —William Hazlitt”