"The secret to getting ahead is getting started." Mark Twain

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of hard work, preparation and learning from failure."  Colin Powell

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln

"Don't let what matters most to you be at the mercy of what matters least." Goethe

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift."

"It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is ever final."

"The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost."

"You can only change your life by changing your thinking."

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end."