It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.

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.

The impact of music is so great that you'll leave your book and start dancing.

Rain with an umbrella while holding hands with your lover is damned sure nice.

It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator.

On human levels of consciousness one may emphasize getting and having as the prime goals, in spiritual consciousness he seeks the way of giving and being.

The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority

If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.

Gambling is a bad deal for taxpayers

More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.