You are today the result of your thoughts of yesterday, and the many yester days preceding it. You are forming today the mold for what you will be in the years to come.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.

If you're young and reckless, you take risks pretty easily. And then - it's in your nature, I guess - but if you have some degree of success, not always, but some degree of success, it emboldens you to do more. And I guess, if you have some gambling genes in you somewhere, you get some genetic enjoyment of risk. Some people enjoy risk and some people hate it.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.