Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .

The key to success is to be true to who you really are.

A goal is a dream with a timeframe on it.

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!

Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.

Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action.

Money is ultimately not enough compensation for investing your time and energy: there has to be a sense of purpose, meaning and fulfillment.

It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.

Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action.

The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want.

No individual can achieve worthy goals without accepting accountability for his or her own actions.

What do we free spirits want? We just want to think our own thoughts and feel our own feelings. Why should that be a problem for anyone else?

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and every day.

Those graces which from their presumed facility encourage all to attempt an imitation of them, are usually the most inimitable.

You can be a victim, or you can lock and load.

Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.

The goal [is] not only to earn high returns at the top of the cycle but also to avoid giving them back at the bottom.

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

Trying to find a human side to the character is a way to give them a chance to have people like them.