Choice means saying no to one thing so you can say yes to another.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Life comes at us in waves. We can't predict or control those waves, but we can learn to surf

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path.

There are no ordinary moments.

You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.

everyone tells you what's good for you. they don't want you to find your own answers. they want you to believe theirs.

A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does

The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.

Stress happens when your mind resists what is...The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.

Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

The only way I’d ever die of a broken heart, is if I slammed into something really hard

Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America.

Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.

Modern Americans travel light, with little philosophic baggage other than a fervent belief in their right to the pursuit of happiness.

Everything you do is by choice. It may not seem so, but it is.

Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences