A successful outcome shows what hard work, perseverance and taking advantage of your opportunities will do for you.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know.

Growth occurs when individuals confront problems, struggle to master them, and through that struggle develop new aspects of their skills, capacities, views about life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

A person cannot teach another person directly; a person can only facilitate another's learning

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

As the last curtain falls on a spent year, a new year pirouettes to center stage with the elegance and charm of a prima ballerina – and delivers the promise of peace, hope, love and joy.

A dash of humor will only add intense gravity to the proceedings, even as a flash of lightning only makes midnight dreariness all the more impressive.

There will always be a moment to feel sorry for the mistakes, but indeed it is not today.

Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.

Quit saying you don't have time. You have time for what you make time for in life.

Lord, No one but you and I understands what faithfulness is. Do not let me die until, for them, all danger is driven away.

The slowness of time, for a man who knows nothing will happen, is brutal.

I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.

I believe there's a strong difference between something being good and something being successful. The successful thing is something we have no control over.

Play touches and stimulates vitality, awakening the whole person - mind, body, intelligence and creativity.