Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are - or as we are conditioned to see it.

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.

War is hell and waiting is hell and war is waiting.

Being hungry is the most natural thing in the world

... a widespread secularization increasingly descends into a moral, intellectual, and spiritual nihilism that denies not only the One who is the Truth but the very idea of truth itself.

For me, the life of the angler is an almost flawless example of how not to have a good time.

Human thought can literally transform the physical world .. we are the masters of our own universe

Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.

Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

You are the architect of your personal experience.