Much about success is just the result of simply the ability to follow up, follow through, and finish what we started.

Booker T. Washington said, You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!

Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.

You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have.

It might interest you to know that the 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary identifies the optimist in complimentary terms, but says nothing about the pessimist. The word 'pessimist' was not in our vocabulary at that time. It's a modern 'invention' which I believe we should 'dis-invent.'