“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” ~~Booker T. Washington

“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” ~~Henry Ward Beecher

“Presence is more than just being there.” ~~Malcolm Forbes