Don't settle for comfortable misery, a sad state where you're hanging on to what is most predictable and familiar at the risk of letting exciting opportunities pass you by.

The key to success is to be true to who you really are.

A goal is a dream with a timeframe on it.

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!

Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future.

Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action.

Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination .

Money is ultimately not enough compensation for investing your time and energy: there has to be a sense of purpose, meaning and fulfillment.

It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy.

Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action.

The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want.

Every day you face two important decisions: what effect you want your speech and actions to have on the world around you, and what impressions and vibrations you want to be receptive to.

I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.

Do not be grand. Try to get the ordinary into your writing - breakfast tables rather than the solar system; Middletown today, not Mankind through the ages.

Every performer should learn a little bit of everything. Most performers today only play the guitar.

[It] is the interest as well as duty of a sovereign to maintain the authority of the laws.

Im a good girl at heart who just wants to have fun.

Can't reinvent the wheel. But you can put your own spin on it.

Man, not men, is the most important consideration.

I think the messiness and embodied nature of modern life just produces an enhanced signal for our attention.

Winning is what happens when commitment, desire, talent, preparation, hard work, and leadership all come together.