While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence, which, I believe, does make the woman.

Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.

A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.

Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.

The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must.

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

Don't let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible

Dreams are the greatest imaginative power of mankind.

Are you following me?" she asks, but doesn't meet my gaze."Yeah, " I say."Why?"I give her the only honest and true answer I have. "You're where I want to be.

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.

The writing is what's most important to me.

Being inspired is fine for a week, and being motivated might work for a month or so, but to make any lifestyle change last a lifetime, you need dedication.

The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery.

As a reader I gravitate toward work that rests in the gray area, that doesn't come with easy answers.

If there is one maverick molecule in all the universe, then God is not sovereign. And if God is not sovereign, He is not God.

See, I will always shop, and that's sort of a problem. Clothes are always exploding out of my closet!