The more one forgives himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

Passion makes you hungry for knowledge in your field, and knowledge fuels your confidence, which makes you unique in your field leading you to be successful.

Oh", she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change!

Great writers speak with their works not with their mouths!

The right vision to a wrong person is like the right seed to wrong soil.

I ended up spending some time with Jimi Hendrix and hanging out with him, and that was beyond awesome.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.

Memory doesn't erase. The recall ability fails.

But no one ever is allowed in Sleepytown, unless He goes to bed in time to take the Sleepytown Express!

I see movies all the time that manipulate you by playing a high note on the piano or some string instrument, and suddenly you're crying. I'm sick of being told what to think.

If I don't like it, I don't want to rant about it. There will be things that I vent about if I'm passionate enough, but there are plenty of scathing voices out there already. Who needs another?