No matter what happened to you in your past, you are not your past, you are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change.

Playing it safe and taking no risks is a shortcut to poverty

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.

The story that you tell yourself is exactly what holds you back from being successful.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

Dream stompers are people who want to stomp on your hopes and dreams. Lose their phone numbers

Don't follow the path. Blaze the trail.

Whether you say, 'I can' or 'I can't,' you're right either way.

Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.

If you give people a good enough 'why', they will always figure out the 'how'.

Winners use words that say 'must' and 'will'.

nature can offer you the biggest gifts only if you are ready to accept.

Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands.

The last time a straight man worked in the fashion industry, we got a fanny pack.

The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned.

And bottom line, without John by her side, everything seemed to be just a big, resounding meh.

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

To get the right answer, it helps to ask the right question.

I'm a sappy romantic. I don't kiss until the 40th date. I really like to take it slow. I'll present you with a piñata with my hopes and dreams.

The idea of selling is a projection that people create about people that is more of a reflection of who they are than what is actually happening in front of them with the artist.

I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.