“You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”

“Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to becomes master of your own destiny, you have more to learn.”

“You can sing only what you are. You can paint only what you are. You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you. For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.”

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

“you can't change your destiny! but you can create your own destiny!”

“Environment is what you make it and destiny is how you react to your environment: whether you try to overcome it or just resign yourself to it.”