We are all constantly transmitting information to the people around us, and the messages we choose to communicate either create success or hold us all hold back.

People are pulled towards the best in themselves, and spotlighting the right is a much stronger approach than nagging.

I think there is little harm in venting here and there about things, as we are all human, and it is good to express emotions.

People will often say "You can't change other people." My research shows this societal belief is not only dis-empowering, it is scientifically false.

Too quickly, venting can turn into dumping garbage on the people around us.

There is no greater prediction in the research of our levels of happiness than the breadth and depth of our relationships.

We change people, but oftentimes we get so focused on the negative people and their influence on us, we forget how powerful we are as positive people to influence others.

Change your story, change your power.

Being in touch with the problems in the world or our lives is important, but even more important is to focus the brain on what we can do about them.

Social comparison that leads to unhappiness is the downside of social media.

Focusing on solutions fuels progress.

We met in a school elevator, and he could tell from the way I spoke that we had some sadness in common.

Something catches your eye, or your interest. You attack it in some way or observe it in some way, and try to put it in some kind of form and take a picture. It's as simple as that.

If the Devil is real, then God must be real, too.

I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

I like driving. I'm a real sucker for driving across North America - I never get sick of it, ever.

Hope is fragile and needs to be tended and renewed.

To be great, one does not have to be mad, but definitely it helps.

Resisting is worth doing.