A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

"Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised."

"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside."

"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon."

"Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning."

"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply."

"Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success."

"Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing."

"That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes."

"I've been close to Dan and Kathryn for years and impressed by their financial ideas and philosophies. This new institute and release of their new program will allow them to achieve their dream of helping their fellow man as well as giving new hope to those in financial need."

"Understand that you, yourself, are no more than the composite picture of all your thoughts and actions. In your relationships with others, remember the basic and critically important rule: If you want to be loved, be lovable. If you want respect, set a respectable example!"

"All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners... Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing... not moving toward excellence."

"You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization."

"A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come."

"You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert."

"The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence."

"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer."

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them."

"Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win."

"You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions."

"When you are in the valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb."

"To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives."

"No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself."

"You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits."

"You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest."

"You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements."

"Chase your passion, not your pension."

"Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself."

"Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece."

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

"Never become so much of an expert that you stop gaining expertise. View life as a continuous learning experience."

"You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective."

"Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well."

"If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad."

"There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons."

"Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable."

"You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes."

"Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods."

"The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval."

"A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown."

"One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project."

"Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future."

"Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art / an individual masterpiece."

"Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image."

"You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler."

"Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted."

"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."

"Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy."

"Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away."