"Good fences make good neighbors."

"Pressed into service means pressed out of shape"

It is important to surround yourself with people who life you up, encourage you, share your vision and inspire you. 

"Act the way you want to be and soon you'll be the way you act." 

Ask yourself if you're one of the good people who successful people want to be around. 

"Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way." 

"Everything you do and every decision you make should be from a place of good. You should always be striving to make the world a better place." 

"Don't let the negativity given to you by the world disempower you. Instead give to yourself that which empowers you." 

"If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness and to strive and achieve." 

Dealing with life means taking advantage of each new challenge as an opportunity to learn and accomplish something new. 

We have the capacity to change, to lead meaningful and productive lives by awakening our consciousness. 

Are the people around you holding you back or empowering you to move forward? If you life is going nowhere, take a look at the group of people you hang around with. 

"When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues." 

"You can complain about the direction of your life all you want, but until you sit in the driver’s seat and begin to drive yourself, you aren't going to get where you want to go!" 

You can get the kind of results that you are looking for in life if you are willing to work smart to achieve them. 

Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. You can accept that you are afraid and then move on. 

"Get your ideas on paper and study them. Do not let them go to waste!" 

"Perfection does not exist - you can always do better and you can always grow." 

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." 

"Honor your commitments with integrity." 

"Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on." 

No runner ever won a race buy looking over his should and demeaning the competition. 

If you died tomorrow, are there three things that your eulogists could say you did to make the world a better place for your having lived in it? 

"In the end, it is the person you become, not the things you achieve, that is most important."