Obviously I ask my family and loved ones for advice here and there, but I kind of have a rule with the people I love that surround me - close family and close friends - that unless I ask for it, I don't really want advice thrown out.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?