Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.

Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.

You don’t need to change the world; you need to change yourself.

Your inner strength is your outer foundation.

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.

It’s your game; make up your own rules.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

An education is not so much about making a living as making a person.

Keep trying until you have no more chances left.

Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.

It is after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster’s shell that makes the pearl, not pear-making seminars with other oysters.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Life may try to knock you down but be persistent with your passions – cultivate grit, resilience, tenacity and endurance success will come.

Grit is picking yourself up and moving forward even when you think you can’t take one more step.

It’s gonna get harder before it gets easier. But it will get better, you just gotta make it through the hard stuff first.

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