The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

• Whatever good things we build end up building us.
• You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
• If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
• Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
• You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
• Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
• Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
• Happiness is not something you postpone for the future it is something you design for the present.
• If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
• Formal education will make you a living self-education will make you a fortune.