Larry Bird learned an early lesson about patience when he broke his ankle his sophomore year of high school, which cut his basketball season short that year.  He didn’t let that stop him from practicing his favorite...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its...

Pat Benatar, an American rock star who performed such hits as “Heartbreaker”,  “Love is a Battlefield” and “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” has seen her fair share of rejection, yet perservered her was through trying times...

Note:  The “success” in the following Erma Bombeck quotes is simply laughter, joking and not taking life too seriously. Never have more children than you have car windows. If you can’t make it better, you can laugh...

Richard Bach was rejected by 26 publishers because they failed to recognize the potential in his book – Johnathan Livingston Seagull.  The book is short by traditional standards since it’s a little less than 10,000 words long...

I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. One...

The following story has been around for a while, but it rang true for me again the other day so I thought I would share it with you.  I’m certainly guilty of not taking enough time to...

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Follow...

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end...

Tina Seelig, Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program did a great experiment with her class on how to create wealth in two hours with just five dollars of seed money.  This exercise is an excellent...