Noone knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever it is that beats our heart.. it comes from being alive.

Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime.

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to be serious and uptight. To let go is to lighten up.

Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear.

Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.

Ironically, when you surrender your need to hog the glory, the attention you used to need from other people is replaced by a quiet inner confidence that is derived from letting others have it.

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on.

Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.

Great hopes make great men.

Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

God has taken you from something in order to you to something.

A representational photograph says, 'This is what Vienna looked like.' An interpretational photograph goes one better and says, 'This is what Vienna was like. This is how I felt about it.

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

In that you're wrong. I choose, I adhere, I pursue, I commit, I attain. That - that, my errant friend - is an absolute." - Hawk

I'm supposed to be writing a book, and I can hardly read.

Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all. Do it for peace.

If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.