Don't even wait until you've lost a pound. The minute you can push the plate away with food still on it, give yourself a pat on the back.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

What happened to you?" she asked."Ben was feeling artistic. Wanted to rearrange my face.

When you compete against yourself, you both win.

To smile sincerely is acceptable after making mistakes – that is the best way to feel cheerful and repeat the same mistakes.

If you're naturally kind you attract a lot of people you don't like.

There is nothing more attractive that a woman who is sure of herself.

Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.

Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among whose number may the earth cover me as well.

A person may come into full harmony with the formless substance by entertaining a lively and sincere gratitude for the blessings it bestows upon him.