Our focus is our reality. What we choose to focus on becomes our world. It produces our thoughts, values, attitudes, and beliefs.

When we rise above our temptations and resist them, we exercise self-control. And that's when we experience true freedom and emotional health.

Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

Freedom is the crux of self-respect. It is difficult to feel good about ourselves when we are unnaturally dependent on someone or something.

True freedom is not about being able to do whatever we feel like doing; rather, it is about being able to do what we truly want to do, in spite of what we feel like doing at the moment.

The next time you make a snap judgment about a situation, take a few moments to understand an opposing viewpoint.

Sometimes people who adamantly assert an opinion or view don't even hold it themselves.

The guilty are uncomfortable with silence.

We can find reasons to dislike anyone. But it's what you focus on and appreciate in a person that cultivates a positive relationship.

Never ask advice from someone who has something at stake or something to lose from your decision. The more objective the person is the greater value you should place on the input.

Whenever you are dealing with someone or something of unknown value the first one who places a value on it establishes its worth.

We need hope, or else we cannot endure.

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.

In the financial markets, hindsight is forever 20/20, but foresight is legally blind. And thus, for most investors, market timing is a practical and emotional impossibility.

I try to tell a story the way someone would tell you a story in a bar, with the same kind of timing and pacing.

No matter what storm you face, you need to know God loves you. He has not abandoned you.

You just work through it. You just hang in there.

A little boy who's discovered the monster under the bed is actually real, and it's screwing Mommy.

I used drugs as a social activity; a way to have fun with friends.

When you find your purpose, it is like your heart has been set alight with passion. You know it absolutely, without any doubt.

The camera movement should be like a cat jumping onto a table - with just enough amount of effort and that's it. That's enough.