The world doesn’t care whether you choose to stop here or to go on. So you have to care. - Jim Rohn

Success is the continual unfolding of the design of your own life and pulling it off.

Mr. Shoaff even taught me to pay my car payments with enthusiasm. He said, “Next time you pay a hundred dollars on your installment loan, put a note inside the envelope that says, ‘With great enthusiasm I send you this one hundred dollars.’ ” Smiling broadly, he continued, “You won’t believe what a stir this will cause on the other end. They don’t get many notes like that. But most important, you won’t believe what will happen on your end. You’ll feel in control, carrying with you a philosophy that brings joy instead of frustration.

I used to say, ‘Things cost too much.’ Then my teacher straightened me out on that by saying, ‘The problem isn't that things cost too much. The problem is that you can't afford it.’ That's when I finally understood that the problem wasn't ‘it’ - the problem was ‘me.