Though you may feel that you cannot improve the world, you can always improve yourself. In doing so, the world becomes a better place.

Doing the next "right thing" will always bring more genuine happiness than simply doing the next fun thing.

The doors that open and close in our lives are not nearly as important as the person we are when we open them.

Today is sacred - for it will never come again. What could be more important than living this day with attention and the intention to be of benefit, to the best of your ability, to all you encounter?

True freedom is the ability to respond consciously, in the most beneficial way, to whatever life throws at you.

Every moment, every breath, is a new opportunity. An opportunity to let go of the past and to become the person you choose to be.

Remember, everyone you meet is really trying to do the best they can. No one woke up today and intentionally decided to be mean, difficult, or unreasonable - including you.

When we forgive others, we give ourselves permission to let go of our own suffering.

Truly listening, attentively, and with care, is one of the simplest and most kind gifts we can give anyone.

Your genuine happiness does not come from other people, activities or things, it comes from living a meaningful life - a life that is in alignment with your values and is beneficial.

There is no inner peace found in taking care of me and mine. It is present in attending to the needs of we and ours.

Any woman of virtue won't be easy to come by. She will make you jump over hurdles to reach her.

I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.

When we work with our thinking, then to have great wealth is the same as to have nothing. That's the only freedom.

He who fears God has nothing else to fear.

How am I supposed to let you go, that's all I'm asking. I want to hold you again, smell you, and, yes too, I just want you to fade. To please, please fade.

The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.

As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge.

I don't want to stay folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am a lie.

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of all that rubbish in a year.

I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.