“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”

“the largest locomotive in the world can be held in its tracks while standing still simply by placing a single one-inch block of wood in front of each of the eight drive wheels. The same locomotive moving at 100 miles per hour can crash through a wall of steel-reinforced concrete five feet thick.

“If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.”

“You don't drown by falling in water; you only drown if you stay there

“Failure is an event not a person” 

“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

“The real benefit of having goals is what you become by reaching them.”

“You don't have to be great to start, you have to start to be great.”

“It's your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude."

“Knowledge is knowing a basket, wisdom is not putting water into it.”

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”

“What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.”

“Most people have heard of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who led India to independence from British rule. His life has been memorialized in books and film, and he is regarded as one of the great men in history. But did you know Gandhi did not start out as a great hero? He was born into a middle-class family. He had low self-esteem, and that made him reluctant to interact with others. He wasn’t a very good student, either, and he struggled just to finish high school. His first attempt at higher education ended in five months. His parents decided to send him to England to finish his education, hoping the new environment would motivate him. Gandhi became a lawyer. The problem when he returned to India was that he didn’t know much about Indian law and had trouble finding clients. So he migrated to South Africa and got a job as a clerk. Gandhi’s life changed one day while riding on a train in South Africa in the first-class section. Because of his dark skin, he was forced to move to a freight car. He refused, and they kicked him off the train. It was then he realized he was afraid of challenging authority, but that he suddenly wanted to help others overcome discrimination if he could. He created a new vision for himself that had value and purpose. He saw value in helping people free themselves from discrimination and injustice. He discovered purpose in life where none had existed previously, and that sense of purpose pulled him forward and motivated him to do what best-selling author and motivational speaker Andy Andrews calls “persist without exception.” His purpose and value turned him into the winner he was born to be,” 

“Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.”