Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.

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.

Somehow life had become a story problem, and William was horrible at math.

Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

I consider skateboarding an art form, a lifestyle and a sport. 'Action sport' would be the least offensive categorization.

The fact I want...no, I need for us to be exclusive until we part ways when we head off to college

Hindsight is not necessarily the best guide to understanding what really happened. The past is often as distorted by hindsight as it is clarified by it.

Justice is not always done in this world; we see that everyday. But on the Last Day it will be done for all to see. And no one will be able to complain by saying, "This isn't fair."

No man achieves great success who is unwilling to make personal sacrifices.

I never succeed in painting scenes, however beautiful, immediately upon returning from them. I must wait for a time to draw a veil over the common details.

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.