Desire creates a starting point. Without it, no magic can be put into action.

We have the power to change voluntarily, and there is something wonderful and awe-inspiring about that power.

When we set a goal we are fulfilling our destiny. Even if we do not reach it, we have changed our lives and the lives of others by attempting to reach it.

If we are to wield great magic, then let us learn from great teachers: the alchemists -- magicians par excellence.

A confident decision makes a lasting goal.

If the goal is what you want to achieve, then the purpose is why you want to achieve it. Without purpose, reaching your goal will have little or no meaning.

Because change creates opportunity, when we do it through purpose and awareness, we are working with the fates, and in turn they smile upon us.

Mother Earth allows us to live and to walk on her surface, not the other way around.

For a thought to manifest on the earth realm, a sacrifice must occur.

Purpose creates a belief in a higher power, directing you toward your goal on the best path possible.

Buried deep within each one of us lies a treasure. It is our mission in this lifetime to find this treasure, but its exact location is known only by the dragon that guards it.

Failure is not actually an event, it is more a reaction to an event and is an important part of learning.

I doubt that anyone has a Damascus moment after experiencing discrimination. Most people seem to have shining moments of change after experiencing grace.

Maybe it was time to cut the strings of everyone’s expectations and free-fall for once in her life

I've had the same friends I've always had. I mean, I've lost a few over the years.

Sailing is just the bottom line, like adding up the score in bridge. My real interest is in the tremendous game of life.

I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.

Mommy. It's just the one thing you don't want to mess up.

What Tarquin the Proud said in his garden with the poppy blooms was understood by the son but not by the messenger.

Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.

As long as there's one person to believe it, there's no story that can't be true.