"Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning."

"Courage means to keep working a relationship, to continue seeking solutions to difficult problems, and to stay focused during stressful periods."

"The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success."

"Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted."

"Ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"A leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew."