1. You are only destined¹ to become one person – the person you decide to be.

2. Do good and feel good. Do bad and feel bad. It’s that simple.

3. You are what you do today, not what you say you’ll do tomorrow.

4. We all make choices, but in the end our choices make us.

5. Ultimately², it’s not what you do every once in a while; it’s what you dedicate³ yourself to on a regular basis that makes the difference.

6. Stay true to yourself. Never be ashamed of doing what feels right. Decide what you think is right and stick to it.

7. If you don’t stand for anything, you will remain forever on your knees.

8. No amount of money will make you happy if you aren’t happy with yourself.

9. You know you’ve made the right decision when there is peace in your heart.

10. Don’t worry if your goals seem crazy to other people; oftentimes the crazy ideas are the ones that have the greatest impact.

11. If you’re thinking like everyone else, then you aren’t thinking.

12. Control your own destiny⁴ or someone else will try for you.

13. Sometimes standing⁵ up to your friends can be just as difficult as standing up to your enemies.

14. The unhappiest people in this world are the people who care the most about what everyone else thinks.

15. When people undermine⁶ your dreams, predict your doom⁷, or criticize you, remember, they’re telling you their story, not yours.

16. There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.

17. No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.

18. Your greatest task isn’t to find love, but to discover and destroy all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

19. A loving, happy person lives in a loving, happy world. A hateful, miserable⁸ person lives in a hateful, miserable world. The world around you reflects YOU.

20. Worry gives small things a big shadow.

21. Focus your conscious mind on things you desire not things you fear. Doing so brings dreams to life.

22. It’s not the mistakes and failures you have to worry about, it’s the opportunities you miss when you don’t even try that hurt the most.

23. It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one over and over again.

24. To get something you’ve never had, you must do something you’ve never done.

25. The harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing.