Thomas Edison

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways it won’t work.

Creativity and control can go hand in hand.

Its kind of fun to do the impossible.

Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.

Encouragement is the fuel on which hope runs.

Life is about growing and evolving. I feel like my life has been in stages, and the stages I went through when I was younger allowed me to grow into the man I am today.

Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

I’m constantly amazed that owners and managers of all businesses don’t train their people to call the person who pays by credit card by name. It definitely makes the customer feel good and will be a factor in bringing them back to your place of business.

You are the architect of your own destiny; you are the master of your own fate; you are behind the steering wheel of your life. There are no limitations to what you can do, have, or be. Accept the limitations you place on yourself by your own thinking.

I believe it’s important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.