There are no failures, only quitters.

We meditate so we can see miracles unfolding. Without stillness life is a blur.

Whatever obstacles appear in your path, put your head down and get past them. Those obstacles aren't real. They're just God's way of testing you. He's asking you, 'Do you want to make it or not?'

When you give without reservation, you’ll become a magnet that pulls the world toward you.

Embrace struggle... It is your greatest teacher.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

When you do good by the world, the world will do good by you

Decide that no matter what is happening around you, the sun will always be shining in your world.

Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.

Don't ruin a good today by thinking of a bad yesterday, Let it go!

You have to live your life as if you are already where you want to be.

I am a diamond But people see me as goldHonestly, I wanna be silver

One doesn't need to be taught fear when one is the hunted.

I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men, and a lot of women speak amongst women.

Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.' Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.

You rarely hear anyone use the word pancreas in a not-horrible context.

If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble.

Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.

The patterns became even more vivid at Cardinal Hayes High School. That's when I began failing subjects and running away from home for days at a time.

I don't have children. I serve the world and I serve God by living as deep within my work as I can, reveling in the language of other times and putting it forth for the world.

I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.