Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy with what you have.

F-E-A-R has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

Sometimes, it seemed, the business of a Witch or a Godmother was not so much using magic as knowing when not to use it.

Good luck is the expression of your divinity within.

Data adds concrete information to a teacher's observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding.

It's better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

Unlearned men of books assume the care, As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.

I prefer the old theaters because the audience is... trapped.

When you're taxing bovine flatulence emissions, there's nothing left to tax.

We must in strength and humility meet hate with love.

I mean, in a way, I feel that one of the reasons for learning about Darwinian evolution is as an object lesson in how not to set up our values and social lives.

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.