“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

“It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career.”

“If you don’t wake up in the morning excited to pick up where you left your work yesterday, you haven’t found your calling yet.”

“There is no passion to be found playing small-in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”

“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.”

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

“The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.”

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

“One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.”

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

“Growth is painful. change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”

“Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out of it alive.”

“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.”

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”

“People know your name, not your story. They’ve heard what you’ve done, but not what you’ve been through. So take their opinions of you with a grain of salt. In the end, it’s not what others think, it’s what you think about yourself that counts. “

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.”

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

“The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”