Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things "fly out open windows" until they spend themselves.

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.

Use your work as a platform to bring the principles of God to the people

Don't even try making out I’m making this up. I’ve got proof. Evidence.

Don’t think for a moment that you’ve gotta be perfect to be paid.

Knock and it shall be opened.' But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?

In a deal, you give and take. You compromise. Then you grab the cash and catch the next train out of town.

You cannot speak on behalf of a nation when you have no mandate to do so.

I shook my tambourine the whole time, because it helped me remember that even though I was going through different neighborhoods, I was still me.

It's so crazy because kids that wrote to me when they were 14 years old are still in my life. A lot have gone on to become musicians and artists in their own right who inspire me now.

To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living things with the eyes of compassion.

Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.