Wayne Gretzky

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.’

The best way out is always through.

Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And the best people give you memories.

Thinking expansively includes seeing what is possible and making it happen.

You’ve got to say, “I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough, I can have it.” It’s called perseverance.

I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word ‘grow.’

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

Its kind of fun to do the impossible.

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

What I really want out of life is to discover something new, something that mankind didn’t know was possible to do.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

My favorite writers are all Jews – David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark – well, you get the picture.

People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.

It’s always good to be underestimated.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.