Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

I finally understand. Cancer is not a gypsy curse. It's a huge smashing wave. It catches you and drags you out. And anybody can be spit back up, and anybody can drown. -The Lucky Place

No one will protect what they don't care about

The attempt to interpret human behavior in terms of models derived from the natural sciences eventually destroys personal responsibility.

It is nasty when you're playing in someone else's house to point out that they don't have enough balls.

God gave me eyes so that I might see you, and God gave you eyes, so that I might see myself.

I release all criticism. I only give out that which I wish to receive in return. My love and acceptance of others is mirrored to me in every moment.

I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.

Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source.

Creative living, or the life of a creator, seems like a leap into the unknown only because "normal life" is rigid and traumatized.

I hope everybody's getting smarter.