Change your mental imagery, and the feelings will take care of themselves.

We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something.

A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.

Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively.

The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a thing of value.

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

People can think only in images. If you want to be a philosopher, write novels.

A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.

To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education.

Find something to feel good about and get out of the way, and allow the cells to receive what they've been asking for. That is the key to healing.

It's okay to treat yourself once in awhile. I'm not going to stop eating Mexican food!

Prizes aren't essential. What is essential is poetry itself, it's what is said, it is clarity, it's loyalty, those are the essential values, the literary values.

I'm not really a flirt; I just try to be myself.

If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful.

Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just so you'll have to listen to them.