"Most people are not going after what they want. Even some of the most serious goal seekers and goal setters - they're going after what they think they can get."
"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out."
"You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world."
"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence."
Self-employed nurse and consultant. Author of 'Dare to be Free: How to Get Control of Your Time, Your Life, and Your Nursing Career,' available from bn.com, amazon.com, or other online or offline booksellers.