Aliveness doesn't happen in silence. Aliveness doesn't happen in repression. Aliveness happens in action.

No matter how small you start, start something that matters.

Optimists are happier in life for a reason.

No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world.

There are only two types of change: Something new comes into your life, or something new comes out of you.

The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods

Successful people take their current limitation and put it on their agenda as a job to do, as a thing to figure out and make happen.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.

The more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world.

Ambition has to be joined with expectancy. A sense that you have a dream for yourself that you believe can happen.

There is peace even in the storm

Great joy is the grace of Jesus!

You're pretty low maintenance, as women go.""I am, am I?" She sounded amused."Yeah. Like a cactus.

You see, there's a theory current you're insane, or you lean strongly in that direction.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

One thing I always loved about hip-hop music was the raw, boom-bap element - it felt powerful and manly.

I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress.

I think it's so much sexier to be understated. It's more intriguing to be sexy in a less obvious way.

You were born to achieve, to release your inner power, to fulfill your uniqueness.

If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.