"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."

Oprah Winfrey

"No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You can't base your life on other people's expectations."

Stevie Wonder

"Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do."

Michael Korda

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

James Lane Allen

"It's not where you start - it's where you finish that counts."

Zig Ziglar

"Take a deep breath, count to ten, and tackle each task one step at a time."

Linda Shalaway

"The core problem is not that we are too passionate about bad things, but that we are not passionate enough about good things."

Larry Crabb