Forgiveness is the process of dropping off your emotional baggage.

Success is taking what you know, and creating the best you that you can be.

Don't tell me about your effort. Show me your results

Those not chasing their dreams should stay out of the way of those who are.

Your mind is your prison when you focus on your fear.

It is better to know what to fear than to say 'no fear.'

When you learn from the past, you're liberated from it.

Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.

Opportunity doesn't make appointments, you have to be ready when it arrives.

Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it.

If you want to have the time of your life, change how you use the time in your life.

To be simple is the best thing in the world.

As a child, I was a brat, and my parents didn't know how to control me. So they told me ghost stories, which stayed with me. I am still petrified of darkness and being alone.

A great many people who spend their time mourning over the brevity of life could make it seem longer if they did a little more work.

Writing is nearly always a matter of finding whatever your brain needs to trick it into being creative, and in my case, a tiny little bit of fact just seems to work.

If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.

Pitching is always a weird, difficult thing.

I'm pretty resigned to the fact that I never hear music the way anyone else does, and I no longer find it surprising.

If you tell the truth, then you don't have to have a good memory

You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.