Great Throughts Treasury

"The message is clear: plan with attitude, prepare with aptitude, participate with servitude, receive with gratitude, and this should be enough to separate you from the multitudes."

"Sometimes in the pursuit of fame and the search for significance and the desire for that elusive excellence we all remember the slaps and forget the kisses."

"If you're happy, tell your face."

"You are not responsible for your heritage, but you are accountable for your future."

"For 8 hours of the day practice the skill that allows you tomake a living, but for 16 hours of the day practice the will that allows you to make a life."

"97% of the people in this world operate in the comfort zone. 3% of the people in this world operate in the effective zone. The difference between comfort and effectiveness is called growth, and growth is uncomfortable."

"Reaction is based on life's possibles, response is based on your permissibles."

"Success is not who you are in relation to the person sitting next to you. Success is who you are in relation to where you began and what you began with."