Everything worthwhile is a good idea, but did you ever notice there is more bad ideas that will work than there is good ones?

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

I needed a new mystery.

This is a silly place. Half the world has no clean water. The other half has so much that they pooh in it.

America was born out of a desire for self-determination, a longing for the human dignity that only independence can bring.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Its not what happens that counts... It's how you react.

For you wake one day, look around and say, somebody wonderful married me.

Sincere prayer is answered by unfailing grace.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

The critics - how come you never see any of them on TV?