Before passing judgementon someone’s choices, stop and look at the questionsthey were trying to answer.

Sometimes being happy willrequire some difficult conversations.Some of those conversationswill be with yourself.

If someone tries to undermineyour commitment, re-evaluateyour commitment to them.

Identify your driving motivationand you will have all theencouragement you need.

To be happy, you need to dothe right thing for you, even when it feels like thehardest thing in the world.

Live your life with courageousintegrity. Do the right thing, not the easy thing.

There is a big difference betweenbeing self-ist and being selfish—putting yourself first doesn’t meanyou have to put everyone else last.

The most importantcommitment you will ever makeis to being the best you can be.

Being the best you can betakes courage. You need to ownyour decisions and have thecourage to see them through.

It’s easy to be brave wheneverything is going your way.When the going gets tough, it takes courage to followthe path you believe in.

Be honest with yourself.You can’t be the bestyou can be unless you knowwho you really are.

The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

We must remember that nature is the supreme cradle of life, and must be protected and treated with the highest respect and care.

When a bad experience happens, you just chalk it up to the great fact that you just got five more jokes in the show.

My dad was president of the Finlandia Foundation for a number of years and there was a period of time when he tried to get me in. I'm glad I finally got in.

But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business.

To be a teacher does not mean simply to affirm that such a thing is so, or to deliver a lecture, etc.

If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.

I've been typed as a horror writer, and I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long as the checks don't bounce and the family gets fed."

When we put aside partisanship, embrace the best ideas regardless of where they come from and work for principled compromise, we can move America not left or right, but forward.