There is no such thing as something for nothing.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

There is a difference between right and wrong, always was and always will be, but each man's wrong and each man's right are different.

Keep calm and keep learning.

When people pressure you to engage in negative decisions and actions, look at them boldly in the eyes and dare them to do good.

The most difficult thing about writing

We all have an artist within us

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me.

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.

There's a problem with wounded birds, Cassie," Connor said. "Either they fly away from you one day, or else they never get better. They stay hurt no matter what you do.

To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life