To fail at trying is worse than to fail after trying. If we never try, then we never learn.

Don't be in a hurry to achieve your dreams. Take a day to play with your kids and relax - your dreams will still be there tomorrow.

When you find a way to incorporate your goals and dreams with what you enjoy most, then you have found success!

Putting 100% effort into "trying" will always make you successful. With that in mind it's important to remember that the effort part is never easy.

If you want to know whether or not you have had a successful life, think about what people would say about you at your own funeral.

If you don't believe in yourself, who will?

If you have friends and family who love you unconditionally - you truly have everything!

Forget about what you might have lost but instead focus on what you have room to gain.

All too often we fail to see the good in a difficult situation. Our minds are wired in such a funny way that we tend to believe just because a door closed it must be a bad thing.

If we never experienced the the valuable lessons from failure, then we would never truly appreciate the pure joy of our success.

A closed door really is an open door in disguise.

No target is ‘easy or difficult’ on its own, it depends on who you are, that makes the target look easy or difficult!!!!

The Show Must Go On!

A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.

Blood diamonds, she thought. That’s exactly what these are. She felt almost as superstitious as the Africans now, as if the pink diamonds themselves had somehow caused all this hardship and death.

[The Americans] believe in the idea that Jamal and Johnny should be treated equally.

Once the feet are put right, all the rest of him will follow.

The shadow of my mother danced around the room to a tune that my own shadow sang.

When you listen to most of the records that really had an impact on you, they always seem to be from a different era.

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

Who could have foretold the heart grows old from touching others