The most important endeavors require a risk.

You're big enough to climb the rope; you're big enough to take the fall,

chance on foreign territory.

When the negative comes against her, she must B-E-A-T. Be, expand, arise, triumph. Be all that she was designed to be. Expand her vision of what is possible. Arise from every challenge stronger than before. Triumph over her own insecurity. This is what I always told my students.

The best bet is to bet on yourself.

When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you cannot do.

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted.

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever -- the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it.

Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him

One must work and dare if one really wants to live.