“I talk about my daily dozen in the book [ Today Matters]. Twelve things that are certainly attainable by any of us that we need to manage every day.”

“An idea is worthless unless you use it.”

“Nothing is as hard as it looks; everything is more rewarding than you expect; and if anything can go right it will and at the best possible moment.”

“You don't become a success when you get your diploma, you became a success when you decided to go to college when you get your diploma you get the rewards of success.”

“Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough.”

“Every man who would do anything well, must come to it from a higher ground.”

“Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.”

“The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base.”