Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Having grown up in a racist culture where 2 and 2 are not 5, I have found life to be incredibly theatrical and theater to be profoundly lifeless.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

I always think shooting dance is a sort of test of a filmmaker.

I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.

It's a proven fact that when you raise the status of girls and women in a country, that country does much better economically.

I do not think homosexuality is immoral.

Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection

I have more government than I want, more government than I need, more government than I can afford.

Either lead or follow, but please don’t block the road for those who move forward

Make it a principle for yourself to no longer accept negativity.