All too often, the security of a mediocre present is more comfortable than the adventure of trying to be more in the future.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.

It's pretty simple - The Action you take will determine the results you Achieve.

Nothing can drag you down if you're not holding on to it.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

When people don't have much money, they invest in emotions... when some people have lots of money, they invest in emotional fools !

You're looking at the face of a black man who hates nobody.

Here's to one of the most beautiful kind thoughtful people I have ever known . . . You are getting more like me every day.

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.

I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.

Jealousy always gets the best of me.

The lover's pleasure is in the pleasure of the beloved. The lover is satisfied when the beloved is fed. The lover is vain when the beloved is adorned.

Some say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making.

I'm not a peak oil person. I'm not a biohazard apocalyptic kind of freak. I don't have a supply of weapons or gold bars under my house.