By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

To establish true self-esteem, we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default; by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.

A series of failures may culminate in the best possible result.

What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

The minute you get away from fundamentals—whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation—the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.

The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.