“The older I get, the more open to vulnerability I am or the softer I am.”

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”

“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you”

“You don’t need directions, just point yourself to the top and go!”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

“Success at anything will always come down to this: focus and effort. And we control both.”

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

“Don’t allow your mind to tell your heart what to do. The mind gives up easily”

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

“We do today what they won’t, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can’t.”

“I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.”

“Perseverance is the key to unlocking your potential”

“The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing”