Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Why are you trying so hard all your life to fit in, when you were born to stand out? unknown

Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. ~ Robert Frost

Wherever you are - be all there. ~ Jim Elliot or as Steven Tyler would say: We're not all here because we're not all there! Sorry I couldn't resist, lol :)

Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership.Always keep your word. ~ Jim Rohn

There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen. ~ Wayne Dyer

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ~ John Burroughs

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. ~ Helen Keller

If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic. ~ Dale Carnegie

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. ~ Proverbs 14:23

Be charitable before wealth makes thee covetous. ~ Sir Thomas Browne

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. ~ Martina Navratilova

Unless you change how you are,you will always have what you've got. ~ Jim Rohn

Those people that truly want to be successful will always find a way...everyone else will find an excuse. ~ Leo Aguilar

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. ~ Peace Pilgrim

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ~ Albert Einstein

Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ~ Thomas Paine

I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood; I see that the elementary laws never apologize... ~ Walt Whitman

Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things. ~ Stephen Covey

The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. ~ Blaine Lee

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. ~ Winston Churchill

Success is the prize for those who stand true to their ideas! ~ Josh Hinds

Decide what's right before you decide what's possible. ~ Brian Tracy

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. That is why I wish to pay fair price for every value. If I have to pay for it or earn it, that makes something of me. If I get it for free, that makes nothing of me. ~ Jim Rohn

The trouble is not getting the man that you want. The trouble is wanting the man once you get him! ~ Elizabeth Taylor, after her 7th marriage

Everybody I know says that they need just one thing...what they really mean is that they need just one thing more. ~ Rich Mullins

What distinguishes winners is the will to prepare to win. ~ Tony Jeary

By chance, you will say, but chance only favors the mind which is prepared. ~ Louis Pasteur

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. ~ Arthur Ashe

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. ~ Benjamin Disraeli

One of life’s most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn’t do our homework, that we are not prepared. ~ Merlin Olsen

You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have. And you cannot give that which you do not possess. To give it and to share it, and for it to be effective, you first need to have it. Good communication starts with good preparation. ~ Jim Rohn

The foundation of confidence in virtually every field is preparation. ~ Brian Tracy

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. ~ Zig Ziglar

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’ ~ Brian Tracy