"When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now."

"Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try."

"If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner."

"It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself."

"Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!"

"You are free to choose, but the choices you make today will determine what you have, be, and do in the tomorrow of your life."