"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times."

"Don't look back - you're not going that way."

"Make today count"

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

"Your mind is a powerful thing. When you fill it with positive thoughts, your life will start to change."

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."

"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."

"Only seek information that enables and empowers you to achieve your goals and to live your highest standards in life."

"Tough times don't last, tough people do"

"The best way out is always through."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

"Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine."

"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me."

"Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear."

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."

"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears."

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

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."