The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

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.

Peterson thought it an unusual friendship, one only the Army could forge.

What are the most brilliant of our chymical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.

No one wants to learn from mistakes, but we cannot learn enough from successes to go beyond the state of the art.

I always tell people that my music should speak to them... and that they shouldn't feel obligated to say why or how. All reactions are valid; the important thing is to have the experience.

Anything which retains interest is optimistic. When the characters become disinterested, it's pessimistic. Does that make sense?

I love, therefore I am vulnerable.

I have a really low boredom threshold.

North Carolina used to be reliably red. Now it's a battleground state.