“Sure it could get rough sometimes, but life wasn’t a Hollywood movie. Shit happened. You fought, you screamed, and somehow you worked like hell to get out the other side still intact.”

“The roughest roads often lead to the top.”

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

“It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.”

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”

“Failure is a greater teacher than success”

“If you’re not gonna go all the way, why go at all?”

“We do not get to choose how we start out in life. We do not get to choose the day we are born or the family we are born into, what we are named at birth, what country we are born in, and we do not get to choose our ancestry. All these things are predetermined by a higher power. By the time you are old enough to start making decisions for yourself, a lot of things in your life are already in place. It’s important, therefore, that you focus on the future, the only thing that you can change.”

“I am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles.”

“Those who don’t jump will never fly.”

“Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.”

“When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’.”

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ”