A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.

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.

Don’t be naïve – appearance matters. Style comes before substance during first impressions. People judge based on what they see before they find out what’s within.

True beauty isn't what you put on your face

Don’t take your happiness forgranted. Be proactive aboutmaintaining and sustaining itin your life.

I'm filled with admiration, delight, and gratitude at discovering James Lasdun's poems in A Jump Start. He has wit, speed, intelligence, a keen eye, precision, and imagination of a high order.

I like to play guitar, jam out, play the blues, go watch movies. I love movies.

Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!

Jealousy seems the absolute reversal of love. It is the swinging from the sunny warmth of the Equator to the frigid cold of the North Pole.

We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.

The smallest thing in its rightful place can lead to the highest goals.

In my terms, "neurocognitive efficiency" is being able to make smarter, faster decisions on the floor.