Your character is your accumulation of your thoughts, habits and priorities on a day-to-day basis.

There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you'll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.

Success doesn't come from pie-in-the-sky thinking. It's the result of consciously doing something each day that will add to your overall excellence.

Becoming a champion is not an easy process... It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there.

What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.

We're not going to talk about what we're going to accomplish, we're going to talk about how we're going to do it.

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.

Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness.

Focus on the process of what it takes to be successful.

Mediocre people hate high achievers, and high achievers hate mediocre people.

I don’t care what you did yesterday. If you’re happy with that, you have bigger problems.

If only it felt like an academic exercise when she kissed him, instead of a soul-drowning tsunami of want and need.

Hey!" Claire called after him, as she leaned her backpack against the wall."No onions!""Your loss!""I meant for YOU! Not if you want to get kissed tonight!""Damn, girl. Harsh.

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

It requires enormous energy for us to cut the African American uninsured rate by a third. A lot of scars.

The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change.

The camera photographs what's there.

There is no snooze button on life - Tara Daniels

As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.

Mr. Complete Lack of Sympathy

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.