Common sense is not always common practice.

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.

The candle burned the moth:But soon it will vanish in its own fat.

Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day.

Fundamental values (such as equality and human rights) should not be held hostage to some factual conjecture about blank slates that might be refuted tomorrow.

A miracle came in the form of a doctor whom her mother knew. He put her in a roasting pan and placed her above a fire to keep her warm.

Karma's not like a bank . Make a deposit, take a withdrawal.

You get committed with what you put in songs. It made me wary of who and what I include, because that's there forever.

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

Work should be in order to live. We don't live in order to work. That shift in awareness is necessary.

The truth is that there is no journey. You are right now what you are attempting to be. You are right now where you are attempting to go.

The only time I get upset by things written about me - when people write irresponsible things about my weight... I appreciate that young girls look up to me. And I take that very seriously.