The world we live in is the world we choose to live in, whether consciously or unconsciously. If we choose bliss, that's what we get. If we choose misery, we get that, too.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.

Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are.

I'm sure that the liability for doing a tracheotomy would be tremendous. You make one mistake, and it's over. Most doctors won't even do it.

Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence.

The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.

I don't think a reporter should give advice or make predictions.

I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn't.