"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."

"Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy."

"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."

"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Chase your passion, not your pension."

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

"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere."

"A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins toblame somebody else and stops trying."

"Whatever success people have in a field, it's a result of hard work. If you ultimately succeed in one place, you must have worked hard there or somewhere else."

"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way."