Beware of charisma . . . Representative Men; was Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1850 phrase for the great men in a democracy . . . Is there some common quality among these Representative Men who have been most successful as our leaders? I call it the need to be authentic-or, as our dictionaries tell us, conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance or belief. While the charismatic has an uncanny outside source of strength, the authentic is strong because he is what he seems to be. — Daniel J. Boorstin

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To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

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Being a Qoets author is not about know how to hold or have a pen it is about having a word neither being healthy fit is not about having a gym equipment and knowing what to do is about doing it. ― Nozipho N.Maphumulo

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I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

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Training and managing your own mind is the most important skill you could ever own, in terms of both happiness and success.

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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

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Remember that adversity presents us with numerous possibilities for success, if we are just willing to see them.

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future. – Augustine of Hippo

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