Success starts inside. Unless your own attitude and beliefs are right, you can never be a success in the world around you. That goes for being successful in raising your family, helping to lead your church or synagogue, or just making a buck. People never really have their act together unless three things are true about them:

• They are honest
• They believe in something
• They have good, basic discipline.

—Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's

The Man in the Glass

When you get what you want in your struggle for self
And the world thinks you king for a day,
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn't your father, your mother, or wife
Who judgment upon you must pass;
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
You may be like Jack Horner and chisel a plum
And think you're a wonderful guy;
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.
He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest;
For he's with you clear to the end,
And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the man in the glass is your friend
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass;
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you're cheated the man in the glass.

—Author Unknown