Richard DeVos quotes:

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. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.

You have to move in life, but the loyalty you develop in a community is always remembered. But if you leave, you don't pick it up in the next town. It's not an add-on, you know, because you lose what you had.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.

You've got to take responsibility for your actions.

Faith is my foundation because you work on a faith basis that you believe God has his hand on you.

Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

As business moves forward, you realize that God has his hand on the whole business and that he brought people to you who are like-minded. It starts with faith.

The Lord has a way of working in our lives, and sometimes he brings us down low to bring new values back to our life.

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

I deal with a lot of wonderful gay people. I hire a lot of them. I use a lot of them. I respect them. They're terrific. I am good friends with them. But you live your life the way you want to live, and I'll live mine, and I won't stick my nose in yours.

Great moments await around every corner.

I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose an attitude of confidence.

One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.

The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

This is an exciting world. It is cram packed with opportunity. Great moments await around every corner.

You make up your mind before you start that sacrifice is part of the package.