Richard DeVos Quotations

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

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

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.

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

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

If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?

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

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

The riches of life, the love and joy and exhilaration of life can be found only with an upward look. This is an exciting world. It's cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.

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

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

Great moments await around every corner.

Persistence is stubbornness with a purpose.

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.

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.

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.

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!''