We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.

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.

Spirit is love inside the love.

If there is no dream, there will be no hope. If there is no hope there will be no life.

Hardships lead to strength of character.

The margin of safety is always dependent on the price paid. It will be large at one price, small at some higher price, nonexistent at some still higher price.

Men are not our problem; it's what we are trying to get from them that messes us up. We use guys like mirrors to see if we're valuable.

When age is jocond it makes sport for death. [When age is jocund, it makes sport for death.]

Inside your own self pity there you swim, in sinking down to drown her voice still haunts you, and only with your laughter can you win.

I stayed there, curled up into the warmth of your body, under the blankets, like something soft in a shell. Your arms were firm as rock around me.

Life is about losing everything, gracefully.

In our family we have always had, and still have, this understanding: the problem of each member of the family is everybody's problem.