To find oneself living in an age of doubt is not such a curse. There is a kind of reverence in undertaking the quest for truth, even before the first scrap has been found.

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

Everything that happens to us is a reflection of who we are.

No matter what the situation, remind yourself "I have a choice."

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

Although we take it for granted, sanitation is a physical measure that has probably done more to increase human life span than any kind of drug or surgery.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day

Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Be very sure that you do not deliberately place yourself in a position to be tempted.

I love rain because tears can not be seen in rain.

People do not lack strength they lack will.

One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well.

One person's dream is another's reality.

That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.

The real leaders of tomorrow are already working on the next big idea, the one that will drive growth into future. They're already far beyond the ideas that created today's results.

If my life were a song it would probably be titled 'Roller Coaster', up and down all the time.

We only rise above mediocrity when there's something at stake. p. 174