Every cloud doesn't have a silver lining but make time to look at the beauty of clouds can give you peace of mind

Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.

Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.

Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success.

Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it’s now or never.

Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.

Surround yourself with positive people.

Silence is a sounding thing, To one who listens hungrily

The Detroit String Quartet played Brahms last night. Brahms lost.

In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

I was born when you kissed me. I died when you left me. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.

I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me.

Effectively, change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation and consensus.

We cannot look at Syria, and the evil that has arisen from the ashes of indecision, and think this is not the lowest point in the world's inability to protect and defend the innocent.

I can say that even in the midst of my most cynical comic stripping: Opus shone through with a bit of heart, anchoring the ugly proceedings with a comforting pull of emotion.

It's not the NBA Finals, it's not even a regular-season game. It's the All-Star game, it's a celebration. A celebration of talent, speed, grace. Let's put it on display and have some fun.

The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

The nice thing about growing up in that kind of environment is you were exposed to so much -- music, plays, art exhibits, rock concerts.

Beware of being the roller / When there's nothing left to roll