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“It is better to be wealthy and virtually unknown than to be wealthy and famous.”

“Things don’t get better on their own. We need to intervene for that to happen.”

“With each day it is inevitable that we will make mistakes and blunders. Learn what you can from them and then let them go. Do not let them burden you.”

“Confidence in our ability to handle challenges is the direct result of having overcome previous challenges. One way to build up that confidence is to arrange small challenges which once overcome will increase our confidence to go on dealing with greater and greater challenges.”

“You can tell a good deal about a person by what disturbs them and what excites them.”

“It often seems as though people get what they are willing to settle for.”

“Always be asking yourself: ‘Is what I am about to do in my ‘long-term’ interest?”

“It’s impossible to know how many wonderful creations never saw the light of day because the creator could not handle hearing ‘No’. It is a small minority of us who can deal with rejection effectively.”

“While pursuing the temporal for its own sake is foolish, pursuing it as a means to a higher good is prudent.”

“Adversity, rightly considered, is a training tool to help us realize our potential. Wrongly considered however, it becomes simply a painful burden.”

“When one comes to a comprehension of the transitory nature of life it either causes one to despair or be inspired. The choice is always ours to make.”

“Most people are so preoccupied with trying to eke out a living that they never get around to planning their life. This strikes me as tragic.”

Life should be exclamatory rather than explanatory. It's better to do than to explain why you didn't.

“It is a sad day when you realize that it’s not accident, or time, or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.”

Lillian Hellman

“All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.”

James Allen

“The value of an idea lies in its utility. Is it good for something worthwhile or important?”

“A mistake is only a mistake if we failed to learn from it.”

“Poor design accounts for a good deal of human frustration. Whether it is packaging, which is difficult to open, signs which send mixed and confusing signals, or systems that make accomplishing our aims difficult, designs are either facilitators or inhibitors of efficient action.”

“Where there are no problems, there are no opportunities.”

“It is considered a basic principle that one can never have too many options. However, too many choices will cause people to freeze up and be unable to make a choice. Barry Schwartz dealt with this at length in his book, ‘The Paradox of Choice.”