Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

If you overcome your fear to ask someone for a date, a raise, or help with a project, that is an act of self-assertiveness. You are moving out into life rather than contracting and withdrawing.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.

The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

There are things that can't be said, because it's hard to have to know them.

I was Hannah Montana's mother ... Where did I go wrong?

I tend to stay out of the public eye a little, compared to some of my peers.

I pretty much always choose characters. That's what I do. That's what I look for. I look for dynamics in a script and potential.

I cannot picture to myself a time when all mankind will have one religion.

My parents, they were good, godly people, but they never said, You need to write.

No man is a hero to his own valet.

You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.

There is that interdependence and that strength you get from a team, that the group is greater than any individual.

I have always held the conviction that American citizens should keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible.