“I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.”

“In most cases, those who want power probably shouldn't have it, those who enjoy it probably do so for the wrong reasons, and those who want most to hold on to it don't understand that it's only temporary.”

“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”

“Few things build a person up like affirmation. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, Third College Edition (Simon and Schuster, 1991),the word affirm comes from ad firmare, which means “to make firm.” So when you affirm people, you make firm within them the things you see about them. Do that often enough, and the belief that solidifies within them will become stronger than the doubts they have about themselves.”

“If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them.”

“The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to...failure.”

“The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation.Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, orwhatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what?After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivationcomes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.”