Ask yourself every morning, ‘how can I increase my service today?’

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

We become what we think about.

Watch what everyone else does--do the opposite. The majority is always wrong.

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.

Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

Control your thoughts. Decide about that which you will think and concentrate upon. You are in charge of your life to the degree you take charge of your thoughts.

With strong heart, you will survive life.

Only one-tenth of what you write will make it into your manuscript, but when you knock on that tenth” – I rap my knuckles on the table – “you’ll hear oaken solidity, not sawdust and glue.

Drawing is like the first kiss. It carries within it the deepest emotion and the challenge of the first step. It is the first cry after birth

And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.

I'm not a playwright. The people in my songs are all me.

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

When the days start to get shorter, I want to be in some nice brick building on the East Coast with the lights glowing in the windows. When the daylight starts changing, I want to be out West.

Proverbs were bright shafts in the Greek and Latin quivers.

There is this feeling that I have a destiny far away from the shallow and preposterous posing that is our life.

Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy.