Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

Until we become clear about our own worth and value, we will forever be searching for it in the eyes of others.

The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.

When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.

As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

I prize the soul that slumbers in a quiet eye.

trouble is not a sign of inadequacy, stupidity or inferiority, but rather an inescapable part of life - proof that you are a card-carrying member of the human race.

Get out of your comfort zone. Wake up the sleeping giant in you.

It's hard not to get down on the government when you see dysfunction play out on our TVs every day. Frankly, sometimes at every level of government.

The desire to force love to live only in its most positive form is what causes love ultimately to fall over dead.

At the White House, they caught another fence jumper earlier today. It was Obama trying to get out.

I don't listen to recordings very much now, to be perfectly honest. I listened to them a lot when I was younger.

There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.

I didn't go to college.