Don't allow yourself to be held hostage by the opinion of others.

Whatever you are not changing, you are choosing.

Doing something for the mere joy of it—for one's self or others—is quite possibly one of the best returns on an investment of time that a person can receive.

When we inhabit our own life—stop doing things based on the approval of others—we offload baggage and trade up to joy!

Joy is inexplicable peace that comes from within.

Be the spark—live light!

All of us at some time will have someone to forgive for something they did or failed to do. And all of us at some time will need forgiveness for something we did or failed to do.

Self-care is a deliberate choice to gift ourself with people, places, things, events, and opportunities that recharge our personal battery and promote whole health—body, mind, and spirit.

Life is an expression of the choices we make.

Just as we expect others to value our boundaries, it's equally important for us to respect the boundaries of others.

One of the benchmarks of great communicators is their ability to listen not just to what's being said, but to what's not being said as well. They listen between the lines.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Where, except in the present, can the eternal be met?

A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist, moving an audience... making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark.

There are a lot of idiots in this country, and they deserve representation as much as the next man.

To eat off another man's plate. [To live an another's expense.]

Madness is surprisingly freeing.

We are not only gregarious animals, liking to be in sight of our fellows, but we have an innate propensity to get ourselves noticed, and noticed favorably, by our kind.