"Better to be the one who smiled than the one who didn't smile back."

"It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not."

"It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it."

"Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions."

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."

"I already know what giving up feels like. I want to see what happens if I don't."

"If you don't make the time to work on creating the life you want, you're eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don't want."

"The activity you're most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity."

"The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion."

"The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you're no longer willing to stay where you are."

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

"If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse."

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

"Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything."