Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.

Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Giving a poor person money keeps them poorer longer...often forever; give them knowledge instead.

If you want to change your life, begin by changing your words. Start speaking the words of your dreams, of who you want to become, not the words of fear or failure.

... a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy and all that stuff. It’s basically socialism and communism.

Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They're both important and schools are forgetting one of them.

We were not taught financial literacy in school. It takes a lot of work and time to change your thinking and to become financially literate.

FOCUS - Follow One Course Until Successful

Remember, your mind is your greatest asset, so be careful what you put into it.

Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.

Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.

A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...

Recognizing isn't at all like seeing

I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me, like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys.

What business had I to think so much of one that never thought of me?

The Waterfall Model is wrong and harmful; we must outgrow it.

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.

One curiosity of being a foreigner everywhere is that one finds oneself discerning Edens where the locals see only Purgatory.

I'm not all that well-educated or well-read, and I always feel a little intimidated about that. I perceive things on a much more instinctive level instead of intellectualizing things.

I realized pretty quickly just how big and aggressive some of the mountains were down in Nagano Prefecture.