“The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.”

“Be proactive. Begin with the end in mind.”

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”