Perry, John

"The harder you work for something, the greater you'll feel when you achieve it."

"Dream bigger. Do bigger."

"Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

"Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does."

"You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you."

"When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go."

"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."

"The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do."

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes."

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is."

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never tries anything new."

"Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring."

"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection."

"Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make those climbing after you feel."

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."

"The greatest pleasure of a thinking person is to discover new truths; of a virtuous person to practice them."

"Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your destiny."

"The unexamined life is not worth living, and the examined life requires we ask better questions."

"We are not born knowing how to think; we must be taught to question what we are told."

"Time moves at the same pace for everyone, yet some seem to have more of it than others."

"Love is not a feeling we fall into; it is a practice we commit to every single day."

"The pursuit of happiness often blinds us to the happiness we already possess."

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the decision to act despite it."

"We construct our own prisons, then spend our lives wondering why we cannot escape."

"Knowledge without application is merely decoration for the mind."

"Success is measured not by what we gain, but by what we become."

"Friendship requires the vulnerability to show our true selves."